Syntheses of Novel Nonreducing-Sugar Subunit Analogs of Lipid a Carrying 2-Acyloxytetradecanoyl and 2-Hydroxyacyl Groups of Different Carbon Chain Length

To investigate the biological influence of the 2-(acyloxy)tetradecanoyl and 2-hydroxyacyl groups in the nonreducing-sugar subunit analogs of lipid A, a novel series of 3-(O-[(2RS)-2-acyloxytetradecanoyl]-2-deoxy-2-[(2RS)-2-hydroxytetradecanamido]-4-O-phosphono-d-glucoses (10a-d), 3-O-[(2RS)-2-acyloxytetradecanoyl]-2-deoxy-2-[(3R)-3-hydroxytetradecanamido]-4-O-phosphono-d-glucoses (19a-d), and 2-deoxy-2-[(2RS)-2-hydroxyacyl]amino-4-O-phosphono-3-O-[(3R)-3-tetradecanoyloxytetradecanoyl]-d-glucoses (23e-h) were systematically synthesized.