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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2026

3-Deoxy-3-Fluoro Mannuronic Acid Alginates: Stereoselective Automated Synthesis and Conformational Behaviour.

Sean T Evans, Nishu Yadav, Wouter A Remmerswaal, Daan Hoogers, Koen N A van de Vrande, Sarah Hosking, Ana Poveda, Jeroen D C Codée, Jesús Jiménez-Barbero, Martina Delbianco and 1 more

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sean T EvansSchool of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK.
Nishu YadavDepartment of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.
Wouter A RemmerswaalLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1040-4311
Daan HoogersLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0009-8779-3640
Koen N A van de VrandeLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Sarah HoskingUnilever Research and Development, Wirral, UK.
Ana PovedaCICbioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance, Derio, Spain.
Jeroen D C CodéeLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3531-2138
Jesús Jiménez-BarberoCICbioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance, Derio, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5421-8513
Martina DelbiancoDepartment of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4580-9597
Gavin J MillerSchool of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6533-3306

Funding

Agencia Estatal Investigacioń of Spain for Severo Ochoa Excellence Accreditation CEX2021-001136-SAgencia Estatal Investigacioń of Spain for Severo Ochoa Excellence Accreditation PID2024-157610OB-I00European Research Council 101075357German Federal Ministry of Education and ResearchMCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033UK Research and InnovationUKRI, Future Leaders Fellowship MR/Z000025/1
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Abstract

Fluorination is a powerful strategy for the editing of glycans, creating bespoke tools to probe carbohydrate-protein recognition and processing. Positioning the site for fluorination within a glycan is critical, whether examining bonding interactions or installing benign reporter capability. Herein, we study the effect of C-3 fluorination of mannuronic acids in the assembly of β-1,4-d-mannuronic acid alginate fragments and the effect of these point mutations on the conformational preference of the generated oligosaccharides. We explore the synthesis and glycosylating properties of a 3-deoxy-3-fluoro d-mannuronate donor to establish that the C-3 fluoride does not thwart the high β-stereoselectivity of the mannuronate system. Subsequent deployment of these building blocks in automated glycan assembly enables the preparation of a small library of β-d-mannuronate oligosaccharides containing the C-3-F modification. Comprehensive NMR analysis shows that even though the 3-deoxy-3-fluoro units disrupt the native inter-residue C3-OH•••O5 hydrogen bonds, the overall conformation remains in line with that of the native β-1,4 mannuronic acid alginate. This indicates tolerance for this modification in these structural tools and provides an exciting foundation to study self-assembly and enzymatic processing of β-1,4 mannuronic acid oligosaccharides.

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AlginatesHexuronic AcidsAutomationMolecular ConformationStereoisomerismAlginatesHexuronic Acidsmannuronic acidalginatesconformationdeoxyfluorinationglycosylationβ‐mannuronate

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PMID42206412
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