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ReviewCommunications chemistry2025

Elucidating reactive sugar-intermediates by mass spectrometry.

Chun-Wei Chang, Dana Wehner, Gurpur Rakesh D Prabhu, Eunjin Moon, Marc Safferthal, Leïla Bechtella, Nicklas Österlund, Gaël M Vos, Kevin Pagel

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Review in Communications chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Stereoselectivity of Galactosylation Reactions In Vacuo.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  5. Elucidating the Stereodirecting Effect of C-4 Acyl Groups on Galactosyl Donors.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Chun-Wei ChangFreie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0253-3463
Dana WehnerFreie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1237-1084
Gurpur Rakesh D PrabhuFreie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3237-212X
Eunjin MoonFreie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-3074-0827
Marc SafferthalFreie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-9267-3940
Leïla BechtellaUniversité Paris-Saclay, Univ Evry, CY Cergy Paris Université, CNRS, LAMBE, 91025, Evry-Courcouronnes, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7354-3108
Nicklas ÖsterlundFreie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0905-7911
Gaël M VosFreie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4989-2367
Kevin PagelFreie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany. kevin.pagel@fu-berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8054-4718

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) ERC-2019-CoG-863934-GlycoSpec
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The stereoselective introduction of glycosidic bonds is one of the greatest challenges in carbohydrate chemistry. A key aspect of controlling glycan synthesis is the glycosylation reaction in which the glycosidic linkages are formed. The outcome is governed by a reactive sugar intermediate - the glycosyl cation. Glycosyl cations are highly unstable and short-lived, making them difficult to study using established analytical tools. However, mass-spectrometry-based techniques are perfectly suited to unravel the structure of glycosyl cations in the gas phase. The main approach involves isolating the reactive intermediate, free from external influences such as solvents and promoters. Isolation of the cations allows examining their structure by integrating orthogonal spectrometric and spectroscopic technologies. In this perspective, recent achievements in gas-phase research on glycosyl cations are highlighted. It provides an overview of the spectroscopic techniques used to probe the glycosyl cations and methods for interpreting their spectra. The connections between gas-phase data and mechanisms in solution synthesis are explored, given that glycosylation reactions are typically performed in solution.

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PMCPMC11889121

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