We introduce rare sugars including their derivatives and supramolecular rare sugars, that have been actively researched at Kagawa University, Japan. Although the rare sugars are special sugars which hardly exist in nature, we has succeeded in mass synthesis of the rare sugars by utilizing biological enzyme isomerization reaction. In addition, the rare sugars have various functions such as blood sugar level suppressing function, cancer cell growth suppressing function, and antibacterial action. In addition, since rare sugars have a large number of hydroxyl groups, they have a possibility for using as devices for expressing various functions by employing them as ligands of transition metal complexes. In recent years, it is successful that we have synthesized the suplamolecular rare sugars (SRSs) from the different types of rare sugars, that is not as simple mixtures but as single crystals having supralattice structure, that can be freely controlled optical rotation. It has been found that the crystal structures of these SRSs mostly follow the Wallach rule, but do not satisfy the Wallach rule especially in the case of D, L-psicose. Therefore, we have investigated the single crystal X-ray structural analyses of SRSs, obtaining the detailed crystal structure data, and analyzed the intermolecular interaction between their sugar molecules in the crystal by means of the DV-Xα molecular orbital calculation. According to our detailed analysis of the research, calculating the intermolecular interaction revealed that the stability of the intermolecular interaction in the crystal can not be explained only by following the simple Wallach rule. Specifically, for example in the case of D, L-psicose, the total energy in a crystal can be stabilized by aligning the polarization vectors of the molecules, and as a result, we have clarified that the SRSs crystal structure can be stabilized, even if it does not follow the simple Wallach rule.
Ethyl L-sorboside, C8H16O6, was prepared from the rare sugar L-sorbose, C6H12O6, and crystallized. It was confirmed that ethyl L-sorboside formed α-pyranose with a 2 C 5 conformation. In the crystal, molecules are linked by O—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network. The unit-cell volume of the title ethyl α-L-sorboside is 940.63 Å3 (Z = 4), which is about 194.69 Å3 (26.1%) bigger than that of L-sorbose [745.94 Å3 (Z = 4)].
Rare sugar is a monosaccharide that there are trace amounts in nature, natural sugars present in large amounts in nature world is referred to as a naturally monosaccharide. Recently, the isomerase called D-tagatose-3-epimerase (DTE) was discovered, and it has a possibility to synthesize quantity of the rare sugar from a natural sugar through the enzymatic reaction. And all of hexoses can be synthesized by four kinds of enzymatic reactions (oxidoreductase, aldose isomerase, aldose reductase and DTE reactions). In this study, single-crystal X-ray structure analysis of a sugar alcohol and its derivative have been performed in order to determine the absolute coordinates of these sugar molecules. We have also investigated the electronic state calculation by means of DV-Xα method using the obtained data of the absolute coordinates. We also consider that mechanism of the enzymatic reaction and intermolecular energy properly such as a hydrogen bond in order to synthesize the supramolecular rare sugars (SRSs) which can be controlled structures and the hydrogen bonds.
There are two types of mono-saccharide sugars in nature, which are natural monosaccharide and rare sugar. The sugar that exists in extreme few amount in nature is called as rare sugar e.g. D-psicose and D-allose. The reasons we choose the rare sugar as a research target are because the rare sugar has almost no calories and is very useful for diabetic and dieter patients. Specifically, D-psicose is a no-calorie rare sugar with the sweetness of about 70 % of a sucrose. It has been confirmed that taking the D-psicose with meals suppresses the rise of sugar into the blood. Further, it is very effective in improving and preventing the diabetes. In order to investigate a research on the rare sugars, the first step must be to obtain the correct molecular structure. However, few crystal structures of rare sugars have been reported up to now. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to analyze the single-crystal X-ray structure of unknown rare sugar ‘L-glucose’. In addition, the DV-Xα molecular orbital method is used to compare the differences in a hydrogen bonding between α-D-glucose and α-L-glucose, and to make a novel supramolecular rare sugar.
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