The Substrate Specificity of Amyloglucosidase (AMG). Part IV. Hydroxycyclohexyl Glucosides.

Abstract
Cyclohexyl- and (1R,2R)- and (1S, 2S)-hydroxycyclohexyl .alpha.-D-glucosides have been synthesized under halide-catalysed glycosylation reaction conditions. Furthermore, phenyl and 2-hydroxyphenyl .alpha.-D-glucopyranosides have been synthesised using fusion reactions in 60-70% yield. Finally, methyl 4-O-(.beta.-L-galactopyranosyl)-.beta.-D-glucopyranoside has been prepared in high yield using silver triflate-promoted glycosylation conditions. All compounds have been characterised by NMR spectroscopy and their preferred solution conformations inferred from the NMR data and hardsphere exo-anomeric effect calculations (HSEA). All the above-mentioned compounds have been investigated as potential substrates for the enzyme amyloglucosidase (AMG). The results show that only the compounds which have a preferred ground-state conforation similar to that of maltose can act as substrates for the enzyme.

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