Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
Kazuki Sato
Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
Takeshi Wada
Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
Phosphoglycans consisting of glycosyl phosphate repeating units have received much attention as synthetic targets mainly for their potential use as vaccines against pathogenic bacteria and protozoa. This review describes recent progress in the synthesis of glycosyl phosphates, especially of phosphoglycans, focusing on methods of synthesizing intersaccharide phosphodiester linkages.
