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CARBOHYDRATE “oa RESEARCH ELSEVIER Carbohydrate Research 299 (1997) IX—XI Contents Graphical Abstracts Regular Papers J. Heinrich, W.A. Konig, H. Bretting and P. Mis- Enantiomer separation of permethylated monosaccharides and |.5-anhydroalditols and chnick (Hamburg, Germany) simultaneous determination of linkage positions and absolute configuration in the galactan of Helix pomatia R. Velty, T. Benvegnu, M. Gelin, E. Privat and D. A convenient synthesis of disaccharides containing furanoside units Plusquellec (Rennes, France) T. Halmos (Villejuif, France), M. Santarromana Synthesis of O-methylsulfony! derivatives of D-glucose as potential alkylating agents for (Vitry-sur-Seine, France), K. Antonakis (Villejuif, targeted drug delivery to the brain. Evaluation of their interaction with the human France) and D. Scherman (Vitry-sur-Seine, France) erythrocyte GLUTI hexose transporter M. Lahmann and J. Thiem (Hamburg, Germany) Synthesis of a-tocophery! oligosaccharides G. Klich, H. Paulsen, B. Meyer (Hamburg, Ger- Synthesis and characterisation of highly glycosylated glycopeptides with T"-antigenic many), M. Meldal and K. Bock (Copenhagen, Den- structures corresponding to human glycophorin A N mark) Vv. Maunier, P. Boullanger, D. Lafont (Villeur- Synthesis and surface-active properties of amphiphilic 6-aminocarbonyl! derivatives of banne, France) and Y. Chevalier (Vernaison, D-glucose France) E. Bozé, S. Boros and J. Kuszmann (Budapest, Synthesis of 4-cyanopheny! 2-deoxy-|.5-dithio-B-D-threo-pentopyranoside Hungary) R.P. Gorshkova, E.L. Nazarenko, V.A. Zubkov Structure of the capsular polysaccharide from Al/teromonas nigrifaciens 1AM 13010T (Viadivostok, Russian Federation), A.S. Shashkov, containing 2-acetamido-2.6-dideoxy-t-talose and 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid Y.A. Knirel, N.A. Paramonov, S.V. Meshkov (Moscow, Russian Federation) and E.P. Ivanova (Viadivostok, Russian Federation) Notes J. Gigg and R. Gigg (London, UK) Reactions of the ketone derived from (+ )-3,4.5-tri-O-benzyl-|.2-O-isopropylidene- myo-inositol: preparation of racemic derivatives of epi-inositol and of 4-C-methyl-epi- [( + )-iso-laminitol] and 4+-C-methyl-nivo-inositol (( + )-laminitol] U. Gambert and J. Thiem (Hamburg, Germany) Chemoenzymatic synthesis of the Thomsen—Friedenreich antigen determinant G.K. Moates, T.R. Noel, R. Parker, S.G. Ring, P. Observations on the crystallization and melting of maltopentaose hydrate Cairns and V.J. Morris (Colney, UK) T. Shimokawa, S. Yoshida, 1. Kusakabe (Ibaraki, Isolation and quantification of alginate-derived oligouronic acids by fluorophore-assisted Japan), T. Takeuchi and K. Murata (Tokyo, Japan) carbohydrate electrophoresis K.M. Varum, M.M. Myhr, R.J.N. Hjerde and O. In vitro degradation rates of partially N-acetylated chitosans in human serum Smidsred (Trondheim, Norway) Announcement Announcement Contents Graphical Abstracts Regular papers E.A. Luna, E.R.N. Bornancini (Lawrence, KS, USA), Fractionation and characterization of 4-sulfobuty! ether derivatives of cyclomaltohep- D.O. Thompson (Overland Park, KS, USA), R.A. taose ( B-cyclodextrin) Rajewski and V.J. Stella (Lawrence, KS, USA) E.A. Luna, D.G. Vander Velde, R.J. Tait (Lawrence, Isolation and characterization by NMR spectroscopy of three monosubstituted 4- KS, USA), D.O. Thompson (Overland Park, KS, sulfobutyl ether derivatives of cyclomaltoheptaose ( B-cyclodextrin) USA), R.A. Rajewski and V.J. Stella (Lawrence, KS, USA) S. Kalelkar, J. Glushka, H. van Halbeek (Athens, Structure of the capsular polysaccharide of Clostridium perfringens Hobbs 5 as deter- GA, USA), L.C. Merris and R. Cherniak (Atlanta, mined by NMR spectroscopy GA, USA) W.C. Kett, M. Batley and J.W. Redmond (North Heterocyclic derivatives of sugars: An NMR study of the formation of |-glycosyl-3,5-di- Ryde, Australia) methyl-| H-pyrazoles from hydrazones L.E. Elvebak II (Wilmington, DE, USA), V. Knowles Authentic standards for the reductive-cleavage method. The positional isomers of and G.R. Gray (Minneapolis, MN, USA) partially methylated and acetylated or benzoylated |.5-anhydro-p-xylitol L.E. Elvebak If (Wilmington, DE, USA), P. Authentic standards for the reductive-cleavage method. The positional isomers of Wittmeyer and G.R. Gray (Minneapolis, MN, USA) partially methylated and acetylated or benzoylated | .5-anhydro-t-rhamnitol S. Oscarson, U. Tedebark and D. Turek (Stock- Synthesis of colitose-containing oligosaccharide structures found in polysaccharides holm, Sweden) trom Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal using thioglycoside donors M.A. Szarek, X. Wu and W.A. Szarek (Kingston, Synthesis and evaluation of 1|,5,6-trideoxy-6,|6. 5--dimiinfo-lpu-golurcoit-ol (1 .6-dide- Canada) oxy-6,6-difluoronojirimycin) as a glucosidase inhibitor P.B. van Seeventer, M.A. Corsten, M.P. Sanders, Synthesis of two analogues of the Sd* determinant. Replacement of the sialic acid J.P. Kamerling and J.F.G. Vliegenthart (Utrecht, residue by a sulfate or a carboxymethyl! group The Netherlands) P.B. van Seeventer, J.P. Kamerling and J.F.G. Synthesis of the Sd" determinant and two analogous tetrasaccharides Vliegenthart (Utrecht, The Netherlands) M.R. Leslie, H. Parolis and L.A.S. Parolis Structural analysis of the capsular antigen of Escherichia coli O8:K41:H11 (Grahamstown, South Africa) A. Miller (Johnson City, TN, USA), H. Ensley, H. The application of various protic acids in the extraction of (1 — 3)-6-p-glucan from Pretus, R. McNamee, E. Jones (New Orleans, LA, Saccharomyces cerevisiae USA), E. McLaughlin, W. Chandley (Johnson City, TN, USA), W. Browder (Johnson City, TN, Moun- tain Home, TN, USA), D. Lowman (Kingsport, TN, USA) and D. Williams (Johnson City, TN, Moun- tain Home, TN, USA) Graphical Abstracts Regular papers M.L. Ramos, M.M. Caldeira and V.M.S. Gil NMR spectroscopy study of the complexation of L-mannonic acid with tungsten( VI) and (Coimbra, Portugal) molybdenum( V1) A. Heeres, H.A. van Doren (Groningen, The Neth- Synthesis of a- and B-p-glucopyranuronate |-phosphate and a-D-glucopyranuronate erlands), K.F. Gotlieb (Wildervank, The Nether- |-fluoride: Intermediates in the synthesis of D-glucuronic acid from starch lands) and I.P. Bleeker (Foxhol, The Netherlands) A. Chiovitti, A. Bacic (Parkville, Australia), D.J. Cell-wall polysaccharides from Australian red algae of the family Solieriaceae (Gigarti- Craik (St. Lucia, Australia), S.L.A. Munro, G.T. nales, Rhodophyta): novel. highly pyruvated carrageenans from the genus Callophycus Kraft and M.-L. Liao (Parkville, Australia) W. Karpiesiuk and A. Banaszek (Warsaw, Poland) Stereoselective syntheses of the O,N-protected subunits of the tunicamycins T. Michaud, J. Chanet-Ray, S. Chou and J. Gelas Synthesis of monosaccharide-fused azetidines (Aubiére, France) Contents XI R. Kuwahara and T. Tsuchiya (Kawasaki, Japan) Synthesis of 2"-acylamido derivatives of 2”-amino-5.2"-dideoxy -5-epi-5-fluorodibekacin and a study on the structures of 5-fluorinated dibekacin analogs by ‘"C NMR S.-Q. Zhang, Z.-J. Li, A.-B. Wang, M.-S. Cai and Total synthesis of the phenylpropanoid glycoside, grayanoside A R. Feng (Beijing, PR China) R.H. Chen, J.R. Chang and J.S. Shyur (Keelung, Effects of ultrasonic conditions and storage in acidic solutions on changes in molecular Taiwan, ROC) weight and polydispersity of treated chitosan Notes N. Vukojevié (Belgrade, Serbia), B. Peri¢é (Novi Sad, Synthesis of some new deoxy sugar lactone derivatives Serbia), T. Drami¢anin (Belgrade, Serbia), M. Pop- savin and D. Miljkovié (Novi Sad, Serbia) H. Li, H. Hagiwara, W. Zhu, C. Yokoyama and Isolation and NMR studies of di-D-fructose anhydride Il from Lyceris radiata Herbert N. Harada (Sendai, Japan) by supercritical extraction with carbon dioxide C. Jorgensen and C. Pedersen (Lyngby, Denmark) Preparation of 2-deoxyaldoses from aldose phenylhydrazones Corngendum Author index Subject index Contents