Nature Communications (May 2020)

Characterization of glycosyl dioxolenium ions and their role in glycosylation reactions

  • Thomas Hansen,
  • Hidde Elferink,
  • Jacob M. A. van Hengst,
  • Kas J. Houthuijs,
  • Wouter A. Remmerswaal,
  • Alexandra Kromm,
  • Giel Berden,
  • Stefan van der Vorm,
  • Anouk M. Rijs,
  • Hermen S. Overkleeft,
  • Dmitri V. Filippov,
  • Floris P. J. T. Rutjes,
  • Gijsbert A. van der Marel,
  • Jonathan Martens,
  • Jos Oomens,
  • Jeroen D. C. Codée,
  • Thomas J. Boltje

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16362-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Dioxolenium ion intermediates formed from remote positions are hypothesized to direct stereoselective glycosylations. Herein we combine infrared ion spectroscopy, DFT calculations and synthetic work to characterize and study these dioxolenium ions and their role in stereoselective glycosylation reactions.