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. 2019 Nov 11;95(9):523–537. doi: 10.2183/pjab.95.036

Table 2.

Linkage-specific sialic acid derivatization

(1st step) Linkage-specific derivatization (2nd step) Lactone stabilization


Nucleophile Condensing reagents and reaction condition Derivatives (α2,6-/α2,3-) Reaction condition for lactones originating from α2,3- Total reaction time for 2-step derivatization Publication Name
MeOH DMT-MM, 80 ℃, 1 hour Methylester/ Lactone Wheeler et al., 200948)  

Ammonia DMT-MM, 60 ℃, 15 hours Amide/ Lactone Solid-phase permethylation, room temp., 0.5 hour Over 15 hours Alley et al., 201049)  

EtOH EDC+HOBt, 37 ℃, 1∼2 hours Ethylester/ Lactone Reiding et al., 201450)  
      Lactone cleavage (pH 10, 1 hour) followed by methylamidation by PyAOP (room temp., 0.5 hour) 2.5 hours Li et al., 201654) STSD
Amidation by p-toluidine, room temp., 3 hours 5 hours Yang et al., 201757)  
Amidation by ethylenediamine (EDA), 37 ℃, 3 hours 5 hours Yang et al., 201858)
Amidation by EDC+HOBt, 60 ℃, 2 hours 3 hours Lageveen-Kammeijer and de Haan et al., 201960)

Dimethylamine EDC+HOBt in DMSO, 60 ℃, 1∼3 hours Dimethylamide/ Lactone de Haan et al., 201551)  
      Amidation by EDC+HOBt, 60 ℃, 2 hours 3 hours Holst et al., 201655) Double amidation
Permethylation 2.5 hours Jiang et al., 201756) SSAP

Isopropylamine EDC+HOBt in DMSO, room temp., 1∼2 hours Isopropylamide/ Lactone Methylamidation by PyAOP, room temp., 1 hour 2 hours Nishikaze et al., 201752) SALSA
      Aminolysis by methylamine or ethylamine, room temp., Few seconds 1 hour Hanamatsu et al., 201859) Aminolysis-SALSA
Methylamidation by EDC+ HOBt, 60 ℃, 2 hours 4 hours Suzuki et al., 201869) Modified-SALSA