Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.124, No.10, 2263-2266, 2002
Confirmation of the connectivity of 4,8,12,16,20-pentamethylpentacosylphoshoryl beta-D-mannopyranoside, an unusual,beta-mannosyl phosphoisoprenoid from Mycobacterium avium, through synthesis
The synthesis of the title glycolipid is reported. Comparison of the electrospray and high-energy collision-induced dissociation mass spectra of the synthetic material with those reported for the isolate confirm the structure of this unusual antigenic substance with its modified isoprenoid chain.