PRACTICAL TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF SYL)-N-HEXACOSANOYL-2-AMINO-1,3,4-OCTADECANETRIOL, THE ANTITUMORIAL AND IMMUNOSTIMULATORY ALPHA-GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE, KRN7000

Citation
M. Morita et al., PRACTICAL TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF SYL)-N-HEXACOSANOYL-2-AMINO-1,3,4-OCTADECANETRIOL, THE ANTITUMORIAL AND IMMUNOSTIMULATORY ALPHA-GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE, KRN7000, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 60(2), 1996, pp. 288-292
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
60
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
288 - 292
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1996)60:2<288:PTSOS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A practical total synthesis of osyl)-N-hexacosanoyl-2-amino-1,3,4-octa decanetriol (KRN7000), an antitumorial and immunostimulatory glycosphi ngolipid derived from agelasphins, was achieved in 14 steps starting f rom D-lyxose in a 16% overall yield.