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Exploiting diol reactivity for the access to unprecedented low molecular weight curdlan sulfate polysaccharides.

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Curdlan is a bacterial sourced polysaccharide, consisting of a linear backbone of β-1 → 3-linked glucose (Glc) units. The high interest in pharmaceutical applications of curdlan and derivatives thereof is fueling the… Click to show full abstract

Curdlan is a bacterial sourced polysaccharide, consisting of a linear backbone of β-1 → 3-linked glucose (Glc) units. The high interest in pharmaceutical applications of curdlan and derivatives thereof is fueling the study of multi-step sequences for regioselective modifications of its structure. Here we have developed semi-synthetic sequences based on a regioselective protection-sulfation-deprotection approach, allowing the access to some, new, low molecular weight curdlan polysaccharide derivatives with unprecedented sulfation patterns. Three different semi-synthetic schemes were investigated, all relying upon the installation of a cyclic benzylidene protecting group on Glc O-4,6-diols, followed by either direct sulfation and deprotection, or some additional steps - including a hydrolytic or oxidative cleavage of the benzylidene rings - prior to sulfation and deprotection. The six obtained polysaccharides were subjected to a detailed structural characterization by 2D-NMR analysis, revealing that some of them showed the majority of Glc units along the polymeric backbone decorated by unprecedented sulfation motifs.

Keywords: low molecular; weight curdlan; molecular weight; sulfation; curdlan; access

Journal Title: Carbohydrate polymers
Year Published: 2021

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