2-(TRIMETHYLSILYL)ETHYL GLYCOSIDES .6. SYNTHESIS OF THE ASIALO-GM1-TETRASACCHARIDE, SPACER GLYCOSIDE, AND BSA AND SEPHAROSE GLYCOCONJUGATES

The tri- and tetra-saccharide glycosides beta-D-GalNAc-(1-4)-beta-D-Gal-(1-4)-beta-D-Glc-1-OTMSEt and beta-D-Gal-(1-3)-beta-D-GalNAc-(1-4)-beta-D-Gal-(1-4)-beta-D-Glc-1-OTMSEt (asialo-GM1) have been synthesized by sequential glycosylations of a suitably protected 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl (TMSEt) lactoside with 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido-beta-D-galactopyranosyl chloride and 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-galactopyranosyl bromide. The tetrasaccharide glycoside was transformed into the corresponding hemiacetal sugar as well as the 1-chloro sugar. The latter was used for glycosylation of 2-bromoethanol. The resulting glycoside was used to alkylate methyl 3-mercaptopropionate and the resulting spacer glycoside was used for the preparation of the title glycoconjugates.