SYNTHESIS OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES OF BIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE

Syntheses of a variant of myo-inositol-containing compounds are discus sed and described, including glycan phosphatidylinositol structures fo und on various cell surfaces and believed to play important roles in t he life cycles of tropical parasites (Trypanosoma and Leishmania) and in the action of insulin, and phosphatidyl inositol phosphates, known signal substances in a number of biological events. The resolution of myo-inositol is performed using camphor acetals and the phosphodiester linkages are introduced using H-phosphonates.