Th. Chan et al., SYNTHESIS OF PHOSPHONIC ACID ANALOGS OF SIALIC ACIDS (NEU5AC AND KDN)AS POTENTIAL SIALIDASE INHIBITORS, Journal of organic chemistry, 62(11), 1997, pp. 3500-3504
Five phosphonic acid analogues of N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) and
3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-2-nonulosonic acid (KDN) have been synthe
sized. The synthesis was accomplished using an indium-mediated couplin
g of N-acetylmannosamine or mannose with dimethyl (3-bromopropen-2-yl)
phosphonate in aqueous media, The potential of these phosphonate acid
analogues of sialic acids as sialidase inhibitors was evaluated and fo
und to show moderate biological acitivities.