Synthesis of new (difluoromethylphosphono)azadisaccharides designed as bisubstrate analogue inhibitors for GlcNAc:β-1,4 glycosyltransferases

We report here the design, synthesis and antifungal evaluation of a new model of bisubstrate analogue inhibitor for glycosyltransferases. The synthetic strategy relies on the reductive amination between the aldehyde derived from an N-allylphosphono-pyrrolidine and an aminosugar.