Synthesis of luciferin glycosides as substrates for novel ultrasensitive enzyme assays

R Amess, N Baggett, PR Darby, AR Goode…

Index: Amess, Robert; Baggett, Neil; Darby, Paul R.; Goode, Anthony R.; Vickers, Ernest E. Carbohydrate Research, 1990 , vol. 205, # 1 p. 225 - 233

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Abstract

Abstract Condensation of 2-cyano-6-hydroxybenzothiazole with acetohalogeno derivatives of d-glucose, d-galactose, and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucose gave the corresponding β- glycosides. Attempted basic deacetylation caused methanolysis of the nitrile group. Condensation of the first two acetylated glycosides with d-cysteine, followed by deacetylation, gave the firefly luciferin β-glycosides that were substrates for the ...