Four
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-linked glucobioses selectively
13C labeled at C1' or C2' have been prepared. The inter-residue couplingconstants,
JCH, and
JCC, have been determined and related to the solution conformations of the disaccharidesusing Karplus-type relationships. Relying only on the experimental coupling constants, glycosidic linkageconformation in methyl
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-sophoroside (methyl 2-
O-
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-
D-glucopyranosyl-
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-
D-glucopyranoside), methyl
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-laminarabioside (methyl 3-
O-
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-
D-glucopyranosyl-
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-
D-glucopyranoside), and methyl
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-cellobioside (methyl 4-
O-
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-
D-glucopyranosyl-
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-
D-glucopyranoside) were found to be close to those observed in the solid state (39
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<
H < 41
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, -24
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<
H < -36
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). The laminarabioside and cellobioside were found to have conformationsthat accommodate an intramolecular hydrogen bond to O5' that is observed in the solid state. In all compounds,the exocyclic hydroxymethyl groups retain a conformation close to that observed in unsubstituted glucose(
gt/
gg 1:1). Methyl
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-gentiobioside (methyl 6-
O-
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-
D-glucopyranosyl-
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-
D-glucopyranoside) shows greaterflexibility at the
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-torsion than the other disaccharides, but the population distribution around the C5-C6bond is essentially unaffected by substitution. None of the O2' hydroxyl groups of the
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-
D-glucopyranosylresidues in any of the disaccharides appear to be involved in inter-residue hydrogen bonding since
1JCH,
1JCC,and
2JCH values sensitive to C2'-O2' rotamer distribution remain close to those observed in methyl
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-
D-glucopyranoside.