Chapters one and two of this thesis describe the synthesis of two novel glycosphingolipid derivatives. Glycosphingolipids are amphiphilic molecules consisting of a carbohydrate head group glycosidically linked to a sphingoid ...

This thesis involves an investigation into the anomerisation reaction and strategies by which the reaction can potentially be improved and provide a greater understanding of factors influencing the reaction. There has been ...

The stereoselective generation of 1,2-cis linkages continues to be a substantial challenge in carbohydrate chemistry today. Lewis acid-promoted anomerisation of 1,2-trans linkages offers a facile method to generate 1,2-cis ...

1,2-cis aminoglycosides are considered difficult to prepare in a highly stereoselective manner. Some strategies have been developed to date including the preparation of 2-azido, 2-benzylidine and 2,3-oxazolidinone glycosyl ...

This thesis deals with anomerisation, which is, in other words, epimerisation at the anomeric centre, usually interpreted as being from the equatorial to the axial anomer. An objective was to enhance the knowledge of this ...