Mi. Errea et al., Absolute configuration of 2,6-di-O-alkylgalactose obtained from peralkylated red algal polysaccharides, BOTAN MARIN, 44(2), 2001, pp. 133-138
A method to determine the proportion of both enantiomers of 2,6-di-O-alkylg
alactose in a permethylated/perethylated polysaccharide is described. It in
volves conversion of the monosaccharides, obtained by hydrolysis of the sam
ple, to the corresponding diastereomeric acetylated 1-deoxy-1-(1-phenylethy
lamino)alditols, followed by gas chromatographic analysis. This procedure h
as been applied to a polysaccharide isolated from Pteracladiella capillacea
.