Tetrahedron letters

Concise syntheses of immunostimulating glycolipids, α-galactosyl ceramides

T Tsujimoto, Y Ito

Index: Tsujimoto, Takashi; Ito, Yukishige Tetrahedron Letters, 2007 , vol. 48, # 31 p. 5513 - 5516

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Abstract

α-Galactosylceramides (α-GalCers) are well known as immunostimulating agents having therapeutic potential. To facilitate the synthesis of α-GalCers and their derivatives, a novel and convergent strategy was designed, which is expected to be versatile for the preparation