A new anhydroribotrisaccharide monomer, A2B3LR (1), was synthesized and ROP was carried out to elucidate the polymerizability and to obtain oligosaccharide-branched polysaccharides with defined structures. The new trisaccharide monomer was found to be polymerized readily with BF(3) . OEt(2) as a catalyst at -40 degrees C to give a lactose-branched polymer. Copolymerization with ADBR gave the corresponding copolymers in good yields. After removal of protective benzyl groups, D-lactose-branched ribofuranans with free hydroxyl groups were obtained in good yields. The structure of polymers was analyzed by (1)H, 13C, and two-dimensional NMR measurements, suggesting that D-lactose-branched ribofuranans had (1 --> 5)-alpha stereoregularity.
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