Development of an alternative synthesis of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-L-altruronic acid: an unusual sugar found in the O-specific polysaccharide of Shigella sonnei

A new synthetic route has been explored for the preparation of derivatives of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-L-altruronic acid (L-AltNAcA). This is a rare sugar found together with 2-acetamido-4-amino-2,4-dideoxy-D-fucose(D-FucNAc4N) in the repeating unit of Shigella sonnei. Derivatives are needed inter alia f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Kirstin P C
Other Authors: Gammon, David W
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24464