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β(1->3)- and β(1->6)-Linked Cyclogalactofuranosides: Conformations and Molecular Shapes

Holger Gohlke, Stefan Immel, Frieder W. Lichtenthaler, and Guido Schmitt

9^thInternational Symposium on Cyclodextrins, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, May 31-June 3, 1998, Abstract 2-P-4.

Various cyclooligosaccharides composed of β(1→3)-, β(1→5)-, and β(1→6)-linked galactofuranose units have been prepared by cycloglycosylation of tritylated 1,2-O-(1-cyano)ethylidene-derivatives of D-galactofuranose^[1], yet information as to their molecular geometries and particularly to their inclusion complex behavior is essentially non-existent. To get a first assessment of the conformational features involved we have subjected the cyclogalactins 1 - 4 to PIMM91 Monte Carlo simulations:

cyclo[D-Galfβ(1→3)]4 1 cyclo[D-Galfβ(1→3)]5 2

cyclo[D-Galfβ(1→6)]3 3 cyclo[D-Galfβ(1→6)]4 4

The results reveal a comparatively high flexibility of the cyclic furanosides, rendering the molecules with irregular, asymmetric overall shapes rather than symmetrical geometries. In contrast to cyclogalactins composed of pyranoid units^[2], calculation of the corresponding molecular surfaces and the cross section cuts of 1 - 4 displays them to be disk-shaped and devoid of central cavities.

cyclo[D-Galfβ(1→3)]4	cyclo[D-Galfβ(1→3)]5	cyclo[D-Galfβ(1→6)]3	cyclo[D-Galfβ(1→6)]4
1	2	3	4

[1]	N. K. Kochetkov, S. A. Nepogodiev, L. V. Backinowsky, Carbohydr. Res. 1989, 185, C1-C3; Tetrahedron 1990, 46, 139-150.
[2]	F. W. Lichtenthaler, S. Immel, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 1994, 5, 2045-2060.

Additional Graphics: Cyclogalactins