%0 Journal Article %J Chemical Communications %D 2017 %T Borinic acid-catalyzed stereo- and site-selective synthesis of beta-glycosylceramides %A D'Angelo, Kyan A. %A Taylor, Mark S. %X

A method for activation of unprotected ceramides towards stereo- and site-selective glycosylation is described. Two-point binding of a diarylborinic acid catalyst to the ceramide accelerates its reactions with 'armed' glycosyl methanesulfonate donors, resulting in the formation of a [small beta]-glycosidic linkage at the primary OH group.

%B Chemical Communications %V 53 %P 5978 - 5980 %8 2017 %@ 1359-7345 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7CC01673E %N 44 %! Chem. Commun.