Two new species of Phaonia are described: Phaoniaagitata Zhou & Wei, sp. nov. and Phaonianujiangensis Zhou & Wei, sp. nov., which were collected from Guizhou and Yunnan provinces of southwestern China and are assigned to the boleticola-group. A key to the species of this group is provided. The type specimens are deposited in the Wei Lianmeng Model Worker Innovation Studio, Anshun, Guizhou, China (WLMWISAGC).
Carbohydrates are the most abundant natural products and a major component on the cell surface of living beings. They are useful building blocks of various natural products and organic synthesis due to their presence of multiple chiral centers and hydroxy groups. The recent outbreak of COVID-19 and other life-threatening viral infections necessitates the development of potent antiviral drugs. In this review, we focused on the synthesis of antiviral drugs to treat influenza, HIV, herpes, hepatitis, and other diseases, from different monosaccharides such as D-glucose, D-mannose, D-xylose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-gluconolactone, etc., such as anti-influenza drugs remdesivir, Tamiflu, zanamivir, and so on.
A series of new macrocycles based on alkyl glycosides derived from D-glucose and D-galactose was synthesized. The macrocycles were easily obtained by the reaction of dialkynyl derivatives with diazides via copper-catlyzed 1,3-cycloaddition reaction. Simple protecting group strategies were applied to obtain the vicinal dihydroxy derivatives, followed by Williamson etherification with propargyl bromides to get the dialkynyl derivatives. These derivatives were subjected to 1,3-Hüisgen triazole coupling with diazides furnishing the macrocycles in good yields. The 1,3-Hüisgen reaction used to build these macrocycles was investigated thoroughly with respect to reaction time, catalysts, solvents, and temperature for optimum macrocyclisation.
The highly stereoselective synthesis of complex carbohydrates containing 1,2-cis-quinovosamine is an on-going challenge. Here, we report a synergistic strategy of merging reagent modulation and acyl remote participation for highly stereoselective construction of 1,2-cis-D-quinovosamine linkages. The strategy is applied to the preparation of natural disaccharide present on the surface of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. The resulting disaccharide can be covalently bound to microarray surface or carrier via the aminopentyl linker at the reducing end, allowing for exploring its antigenic and immunogenic properties.