Transition metals for the synthesis of glycopolymers and glycopolypeptides

TY - JOUR

T1 - Transition metals for the synthesis of glycopolymers and glycopolypeptides

AU - Islam, Maidul

AU - Shaikh, Ashif Y.

AU - Hotha, Srinivas

PY - 2015/4/1

Y1 - 2015/4/1

N2 - Glycopolymers and glycopolypeptides are an important class of molecules, which can self-assemble to various interesting biohybrid materials. It is envisaged that the glycans impart good immunological response, and the aliphatic or polypeptide backbone can give tertiary structure for the resulting glycopolymers. The major bottleneck in the synthesis of glycopolymers or glycopolypeptides is the access to suitable building blocks and polymerization methods. This review describes methods that have recently been explored for the successful synthesis of many useful glycomonomers that could be polymerized to afford glycopolymers and/or glycopolypeptides.

AB - Glycopolymers and glycopolypeptides are an important class of molecules, which can self-assemble to various interesting biohybrid materials. It is envisaged that the glycans impart good immunological response, and the aliphatic or polypeptide backbone can give tertiary structure for the resulting glycopolymers. The major bottleneck in the synthesis of glycopolymers or glycopolypeptides is the access to suitable building blocks and polymerization methods. This review describes methods that have recently been explored for the successful synthesis of many useful glycomonomers that could be polymerized to afford glycopolymers and/or glycopolypeptides.

KW - glycopeptides

KW - polymerization

KW - synthetic methods

KW - transition metals

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84927128586&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1002/ijch.201400202

DO - 10.1002/ijch.201400202

M3 - Review

AN - SCOPUS:84927128586

SN - 0021-2148

VL - 55

SP - 373

EP - 382

JO - Israel Journal of Chemistry

JF - Israel Journal of Chemistry

IS - 3-4

ER -