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TYPE XIV Pneumococcus polysaccharide, which contains N-acetyl glucosamine, glucose and galactose residues1, has been methylated using dimethyl sulphate and sodium hydroxide (Haworth method2) to yield a methyl ether (I) which on hydrolysis gave 3-O-methyl D-glucosamine as the only methylated hexosamine.
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BARKER, S., STACEY, M. & TIPPER, D. N-Methylation of Methyl 2-Acetamido-2-Deoxy-α-D-Glucopyranoside. Nature 184, 1718 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841718a0
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