Synthesis of a tetrasaccharide repeating unit of O-antigenic polysaccharide of Salmonella enteritidis by use of unique and odorless dodecyl thioglycosyl donors

The first total synthesis of a unique tetrasaccharide repeating unit of lipopolysaccharide from Salmonella enteritidis has been accomplished by assembly of dodecyl thioglycosides. The crucial key steps were preparation of a rare branched dideoxy sugar, d-tyvelose (3,6-dideoxy-d-arabino-d-hexose) and sequential regioselective glycosylation at 2,3-positions of a central d-mannose residue 5 with d-tyvelose 6 and d-galactose donors 7.