An efficient and stereoselective synthesis of β-d-Arap-(1→2)-β-d-Galp-(1→3)-β-d-Galp-(1→4)-α-d-Manp, a tetrasaccharide fragment of Leishmania major lipophosphoglycan Original Research Article

A tetrasaccharide fragment of Leishmania major lipophosphoglycan (which seems to be involved in a biological mechanism for the parasite transmission) has been synthesised using the thioglycoside, trichloroacetimidate and halide-exchange glycosylation procedures and step-wise chain elongation strategy.