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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2017

Macrocyclic bis-thioureas catalyze stereospecific glycosylation reactions.

Yongho Park, Kaid C Harper, Nadine Kuhl, Eugene E Kwan, Richard Y Liu, Eric N Jacobsen

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers.

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112citing papers in PubMed
14.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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112 citing papers in PubMed, 306 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yongho ParkDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Kaid C HarperDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Nadine KuhlDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Eugene E KwanDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Richard Y LiuDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Eric N JacobsenDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. jacobsen@chemistry.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · US

Funding

CHIRAL COMPLEXES DESIGNED TO CATALYZE ORGANIC REACTIONSR01GM043214 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI JACOBSEN, ERIC N · 1991 to 2023
$9.4M
Chiral Catalysts Designed to Catalyze Organic ReactionsR37GM043214 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI JACOBSEN, ERIC N · 2002 to 2011
$6.6M
Small-Molecule Catalysts for the Stereoselective Synthesis of OligosaccharidesU01GM116249 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI JACOBSEN, ERIC N · 2015 to 2017
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM043214NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM043214NIGMS NIH HHS U01 GM116249
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbohydrates are involved in nearly all aspects of biochemistry, but their complex chemical structures present long-standing practical challenges to their synthesis. In particular, stereochemical outcomes in glycosylation reactions are highly dependent on the steric and electronic properties of coupling partners; thus, carbohydrate synthesis is not easily predictable. Here we report the discovery of a macrocyclic bis-thiourea derivative that catalyzes stereospecific invertive substitution pathways of glycosyl chlorides. The utility of the catalyst is demonstrated in the synthesis of trans-1,2-, cis-1,2-, and 2-deoxy-β-glycosides. Mechanistic studies are consistent with a cooperative mechanism in which an electrophile and a nucleophile are simultaneously activated to effect a stereospecific substitution reaction.

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CatalysisGlycosidesGlycosylationStereoisomerismThioureaGlycosidesThiourea

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PMID28082586
PMCPMC5671764
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