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ReviewChem & bio engineering2026

Industrial Chemical Glycan Synthesis (ICGS): Process Intensification of Glycosylations.

Chunjun Qin, Junjie Fu, Guangzong Tian, Xiaopeng Zou, Jing Hu, Peter H Seeberger, Jian Yin

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Chunjun QinSchool of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Vaccines and Drugs in Jiangsu Province & Innovation Center for Vaccine Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8974-5507
Junjie FuSchool of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Vaccines and Drugs in Jiangsu Province & Innovation Center for Vaccine Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2741-7469
Guangzong TianSchool of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Vaccines and Drugs in Jiangsu Province & Innovation Center for Vaccine Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
Xiaopeng ZouSchool of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Vaccines and Drugs in Jiangsu Province & Innovation Center for Vaccine Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
Jing HuWuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3288-7067
Peter H SeebergerDepartment of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3394-8466
Jian YinSchool of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Vaccines and Drugs in Jiangsu Province & Innovation Center for Vaccine Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2284-1666

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The industrial production of biologically active glycans is pivotal to the development and manufacture of glycan-based medicinal products. Chemical synthesis is critical to acquiring well-defined glycans for glycobiology investigations and the advancement of glycan-enabled applications. Efforts toward industrial chemical glycan synthesis (ICGS) are hampered by unique challenges associated with their structural complexity and diversity. The major bottleneck in ICGS are regio- and stereoselective glycosylations. In this Perspective, we review the process intensification of glycosylations based on innovative methodologies and devices, and highlight its contributions to ICGS. Five topics including optimization of glycan assembly sequence, modulation of glycosylation reactivity, adjustment of environmental parameters, development of an automated chemical glycan synthesizer, and application of artificial intelligence (AI) to glycan synthesis will be discussed. We also present prospects for accelerating ICGS through process intensification of glycosylation, including the integration of AI techniques, the development of glycosylation-oriented special large-scale reactors and flow chemistry platforms.

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artificial intelligenceglycanglycan synthesizerglycosylationindustrial chemical synthesisprocess intensification

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PMCPMC13034011

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