Green glycosylation using ionic liquid to prepare alkyl glycosides for studying carbohydrate–protein interactions by SPR

Abstract

Several simple glycosides of D-glucose (Glc) and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine (GalNAc) were prepared in a single step glycosylation reaction using unprotected and unactivated sugar donors. The resulting GalNAc glycoside, containing a bifunctional linker, was used to immobilize this glycoconjugate to a self assembled monolayer on a gold biosensor chip. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) experiments demonstrated that this immobilized glycoconjugate bound to GalNAc specific lectin, Viscum album agglutinin.