Transition metals for the synthesis of glycopolymers and glycopolypeptides
Author
Islam, M.
Shaikh, A. Y.
Hotha, S.
Date
2015Source Title
Israel Journal of Chemistry
Print ISSN
0021-2148
Publisher
Wiley-VCH Verlag
Volume
55
Issue
3-4
Pages
373 - 382
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
Glycopolymers and glycopolypeptides are an important class of molecules, which can self-assemble to various interesting biohybrid materials. It is envisaged that the glycans impart good immunological response, and the aliphatic or polypeptide backbone can give tertiary structure for the resulting glycopolymers. The major bottleneck in the synthesis of glycopolymers or glycopolypeptides is the access to suitable building blocks and polymerization methods. This review describes methods that have recently been explored for the successful synthesis of many useful glycomonomers that could be polymerized to afford glycopolymers and/or glycopolypeptides.