Stereoselective phosphorylation of branched cyclodextrins with inorganic cyclo-triphosphate.

The phosphorylation by inorganic sodium cyclo-triphosphate (P(3m)) having a six-membered ring was examined for cyclomaltohexaose (alpha-cyclodextrin) and branched cyclodextrins (mono-6-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosylcyclomaltohexaose, mono-6-O-alpha-D-maltosylcyclomaltohexaose, mono-6-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosylcyclomaltoheptaose, and mono-6-O-alpha-D-maltosylcyclomaltoheptaose) in aqueous solution. For all cyclomaltooligosaccharides (cyclodextrins) studied, the 2-OH group was stereoselectively phosphorylated. In the reaction of branched cyclodextrins and P(3m), only the 2-OH on the alpha-D-glucopyranosyl group of the cyclodextrin rings was phosphorylated with maximum yields of more than 27%. The phosphorylation mechanism of branched cyclodextrins with P(3m) is also discussed.

Phosphorylation of disaccharides with inorganic cyclo-triphosphate in aqueous solution.

The phosphorylation of disaccharides by inorganic cyclo-triphosphate (P(3m)) with a six-membered ring was examined in aqueous solution. In the phosphorylation of cellobiose, lactose, and alpha,alpha-trehalose with P(3m), beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl 1-triphosphate, beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->4)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl 1-triphosphate, and 3-O-triphospho-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->1)-alpha-D-glucopyranoside were synthesized with maximum yields of 28%, 35%, and 20%, respectively. In the reactions of maltose and sucrose with P(3m), two phosphorylated products were obtained in yields of 42% and 58%, respectively. The main phosphorylated products were assigned to alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl 1-triphosphate and beta-D-fructofuranosyl-(2-->1)-2-O-triphospho-alpha-D-glucopyranoside by heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC) NMR. The phosphorylation mechanism of disaccharides with P(3m) is discussed.