Anna-Karin Tidén

Synthesis of an artificial antigen that corresponds to a disaccharide repeating unit of the capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae type d. A facile synthesis of methyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-d-mannopyranoside

The synthesis is described of p-nitrophenyl 2-acetamido-3-O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-2-deoxy-beta -D- mannopyranosiduronic acid, corresponding to the disaccharide repeating unit of the capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae type d, which, after conversion of the p-nitro- into a p-amino-phenyl residue, may be attached to a protein to make an artificial antigen for immunological studies. The synthesis incorporates a facile route to the 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-mannopyranosyl unit.

An Unusual Cyclic System: Derivatives of N-Acetyl [2-Deoxy-β-D-Mannopyranosid]Urono-6,2-Lactam

ABSTRACT Syntheses are described of a new ring system, namely derivatives of N-acetyl [2-deoxy-β-D-mannopyranosid]urono-6,2-lactam. These were formed by participation of a 2-acetamido-2-deoxy group in the oxidation using pyridinium dichromate of a 6-hydroxyl group in a mannopyranosidic system The structures of the new compounds were determined mainly by NMR experiments inter alia by HMBC techniques.