A series of 1,2-O-diacyl-3-O-(β-2',3',4',6'-tetra-acetyl-galactopyranosyl)-glycerol analogs with fatty acids from palmitoleic to arachidonic were synthetized according to published procedure.
Application of the usual hydrazinolysis experimental conditions to the synthetic 1,2-O-diacyl-3-O-[(2',3',4',6'-tetra-acetyl)-β-D-galactosyl]-glycerols analogs gave partially hydrogenated by-products.
Exceptionally mild and selective removal of acetate protecting groups by improved conditions of hydrazinolysis has been developed and applied for a safer strategy for synthesis of poly-unsaturated fatty acyl β-glycolipids.