Chemistry Letters, Vol.33, No.6, 698-699, 2004
Enzymatic synthesis of 3-O-methylated chitin oligomers from new derivatives of a chitobiose oxazoline
Regiospecifically 3-O- and/or 3'-O-methylated derivatives of a chitobiose oxazoline have been synthesized as new substrate monomers and subjected to a chitinase catalysis, leading to the first synthesis of 3-O-methylated chitin oligomers via enzymatic oligomerization.