Since carbohydrate oligomers are still a challenge in synthetic chemistry, this book on recent developments fulfils a great need. Covering the chemistry necessary to synthesize exact copies of these structures, top authors from all around the world comprehensively deal with synthesis from anomeric halides, from miscellaneous glycosyl donors, and by indirect and special methods, as well as 1-oxygen-and 1-sulfur-substituted derivatives. They demonstrate the best approach for the stereoselective formation of the intermonomeric bond, making this essential reading for every biochemist working in biosynthesis, the exploration of biopathways and vaccines.Content:
Chapter 1 General Aspects of the Glycosidic Bond Formation (pages 1โ27): Prof. Dr. Alexei V. Demchenko
Chapter 2 Glycoside Synthesis from Anomeric Halides (pages 29โ93): Shin?Ichiro Shoda, Suvarn S. Kulkarni and Jacquelyn Gervay?Hague
Chapter 3 Glycoside Synthesis from 1?Oxygen Substituted Glycosyl Donors: Sections 3.1 and 3.2 (pages 95โ185): Daniel A. Ryan, David Y. Gin, Xiangming Zhu and Richard R. Schmidt
Chapter 3 Glycoside Synthesis from 1?Oxygen Substituted Glycosyl Donors: Sections 3.3 and 3.4 (pages 185โ259): Kwan?Soo Kim, Heung?Bae Jeon, Seiichi Nakamura, Hisanori Nambu and Shunichi Hashimoto
Chapter 4 Glycoside Synthesis from 1?Sulfur/Selenium?Substituted Derivatives: Sections 4.1 and 4.2 (pages 261โ329): Wei Zhong, Geert?Jan Boons, David Crich and Albert A. Bowers
Chapter 4 Glycoside Synthesis from 1?Sulfur/Selenium?Substituted Derivatives: Sections 4.3 and 4.4 (pages 329โ379): Wieslaw Szeja, Grzegorz Grynkiewicz and Robert A. Field
Chapter 5 Other Methods for Glycoside Synthesis: Sections 5.1 and 5.2 (pages 381โ448): Bert Fraser?Reid, J. Cristobal Lopez, David W. Gammon and Bert F. Sels
Chapter 5 Other Methods for Glycoside Synthesis: Sections 5.3 and 5.4 (pages 449โ496): Kazunobu Toshima and Thomas Ziegler