Carbohydrate Research, 245 (1992) C9-C11 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam CONTENTS Avoiding oxidative degradation during sodium hydroxide /methyl iodide-mediated carbohydrate methylation in dimethyl sulfoxide P.W. Needs and R.R. Selvendran (Norwich, United Kingdom) Proton and carbon NMR chemical-shift assignments for [8-p-Fru f-(2 > 1)],;-(2 © 1)-a-p-Gle p (nystose) and [B-p- Fru f-(2 > 1)],-(2 @ 1)-a-p-Glep (1,1,1-kestopentaose ) from two-di- mensional NMR spectral measurements J. Liu, A.L. Waterhouse (Davis, CA, USA) and N.J. Chatterton (Logan, UT, USA) Conformational analysis of methyl B-cellobioside by ROESY NMR spectroscopy and MD simulations in combination with the CROSREL method L.M.J. Kroon-Batenburg, J. Kroon, B.R. Leeflang and J.F.G. Vliegenthart (Utrecht, Netherlands) Interaction of 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonate with 2,6-di-O-methylcyclomaltoheptaose J. Nishijo, M. Nagai and M. Yasuda (Kobe, Japan) The search for p-glucose derivatives suitable for the study of natural hydrogen isotope fractiona- tion J.M. Williams, H. Jegou, V. Langlois (Nantes, France), B.-L. Zhang and M.L. Martin (Swansea, United Kingdom) Synthesis of p-trifluoroacetamidophenyl 6-deoxy-2-O-{3-O-[2-O-methyl-3-O-(2-O-methyl-a-p- rhamnopyranosyl)- a-L-fucopyranosyl]-a-L-rhamnopyranosy]}-a-L-talopyranoside: a spacer armed tetrasaccharide glycopeptidolipid antigen of Mycobacterium avium serovar 20 J. Kerékgyart6, Z. Szurmai and A. Liptak (Debrecen, Hungary) Synthesis of the laminara-oligosaccharide methyl B-glycosides of dp 3-8 K. Takeo, K. Maki, Y. Wada and S. Kitamura (Kyoto, Japan) Interpretation of dextransucrase inhibition at high sucrose concentrations A. Tanriseven and J.F. Robyt (Ames, IA, USA) Structural studies of the antigenic polysaccharide of Eubacterium saburreum, strain T19 N. Sato, F. Nakazawa, M. Sato, E. Hoshino (Niigata, Japan) and T. Ito (Tokyo, Japan) .. NMR studies of oligosaccharides derived from hyaluronate: complete assignment of 'H and °C NMR spectra of aqueous di- and tetra-saccharides, and comparison of chemical shifts for oligosaccharides of increasing degree of polymerisation R. Toffanin, B.J. Kvam, A. Flaibani, M. Atzori, F. Biviano (Abano Terme, Italy) and S. Paoletti (Trieste, Italy) A polysaccharide produced by a mucoid strain of Moraxella nonliquefaciens with a 2-acetamido- 2-deoxy-5-O-(3-deoxy-B-b-manno-octulopyranosyl)-B-p-galactopyranosyl repeating unit R. Reistad (Lysaker, Norway), U. Zahringer (Borstel, Germany), K. Bryn, J. Alstad, K. Bovre and E. Jantzen (Oslo, Norway) C10 Contents / Carbohydr. Res. 245 (1992) C9-C11 Chemical synthesis and kinetic characterization of UDP-2-deoxy-p-lyxo-hexose(“UDP-2-deoxy- p-galactose’’), a donor-substrate for B-(1 — 4)-p-galactosyltransferase G. Srivastava, O. Hindsgaul and M.M. Palcic (Alberta, Canada) Notes Synthesis and characterization of two 1,2,3,6,2’,3’,4’,6’-octa-O-benzoyl-B-p-hexapyranosyl-(1 > 4)B-p-allopyranoses N.B. D’Accorso and I.M.E. Thiel (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Isolation and purification of trehalose 6-mono- and 6,6’-di-corynomycolates from Corynebac- terium matruchotii. Structural characterization by 'H NMR A.K. Datta and K. Takayama (Madison, WI, USA) Isolation and structural analysis of the tetrasaccharide 3-deoxy-5-O-(3-O-(3-O-a-p-glucopyrano- syl-L-glycero-a-b-manno-heptopyranosy] )-L-glycero-a-D-manno-heptopyranosyl ]-p-manno- octulosonic acid from the core region of the lipopolysaccharide of Salmonella minnesota strain R5 (rough mutant chemotype RcP~ ) O. Holst and H. Brade (Borstel, Germany) Regular papers An equilibrium study of p-Methyl Red inclusion complexes with a- and B-cyclodextrins K.M. Tawarah and S.J. Khouri (Irbid, Jordan) Synthesis of multivalent B-lactosyl clusters as potential tumor metastasis inhibitors B. Dean, H. Oguchi, S. Cai, E. Otsuji, K. Tashiro, S.-i. Hakomori and T. Toyokuni (Washington, DC, USA) Kohlenhydrat-Bausteine zum Aufbau Tumor-assoziierter Antigene. Synthese von Lewis Y-De- terminanten W. Kinzy und A. Léw (Darmstadt, Deutschland) Di- and tri-saccharide glycosyl donors for the synthesis of fragments of the O-specific antigen of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 P. Kovaé (Bethesda, Maryland, USA) Preparation of 4,6-cyclo-4,6-dideoxy-hexopyranoses by palladium-mediated intramolecular cy- clodehalogenation H.P. Wessel, M.-C. Viaud and V. Gardon (Basel, Switzerland) Convergent synthesis of an elusive hexasaccharide corresponding to the cell-wall polysaccharide of the B-hemolytic Streptococcus Group A J.-R. Marino-Albernas, $.L. Harris, V.V arma and B.M. Pinto (Burnaby, Canada) On the structure of calonyctin A, a plant growth regulator Y. Fang, W. Chai, S. Chen, Y. He, L. Zhao, J. Peng, H. Huang and B. Xin (Beijing, China) Structure of an extracellular polysaccharide produced by Erwinia chrysanthemi J.S.S. Gray, J.M. Brand (Alice, South Africa), T.A.W. Koerner (Iowa City, IA, USA) and R. Montgomery (Alice, South Africa) Resistance to acid hydrolysis of lipid-complexed amylose and lipid-free amylose in lintnerised waxy and non-waxy barley starches W.R. Morrison, R.F. Tester (Glasgow, United Kingdom), M.J. Gidley (Bedford, United Kingdom) and J. Karkalas (Glasgow, United Kingdom) Contents / Carbohydr. Res. 245 (1992) C9-C11 Structural studies of acetan, an exopolysaccharide elaborated by Acetobacter xylinum P.-E. Jansson, J. Lindberg, K.M.S. Wimalasiri (Stockholm, Sweden) and M.A. Dankert (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Structural studies of the capsular polysaccharide (S-21) from Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 31314 P. Edebrink, P.-E. Jansson and G. Widmalm (Stockholm, Sweden) 311 Recognition of the acceptor B-p-Glc pNAc-(1 — 2)-a-p-Man p-(1 — 6)-B-p-Glc p-OR by N-acetyl- glucosaminyltransferase-V: None of the hydroxyl groups on the Glc-residue are important T. Linker, S.C. Crawley and O. Hindsgaul (Alberta, Canada) Notes Complete assignment of the 'H NMR spectra of phytoalexin elicitor-active oligoglucosides V.-M. L6, M.G. Hahn (Athens, Georgia, USA), N. Hong, T. Ogawa (Saitama, Japan) and H. Van Halbeek (Athens, Georgia, USA) Synthetic mirror cord factors: Protected dimycolyl esters of an a,a-(1 © 1)-bisheptosiduronic acid H.H. Baer and X. Wu (Ottawa, Canada) Identification of oligosaccharides consisting of p-glucuronic acid and L-glycero-p-manno- and p-glycero-b-manno-heptose isolated from Vibrio parahaemolyticus O2 lipopolysaccharide S. Kondo, T. Watabe (Saitama, Japan), Y. Haishima (Tokyo, Japan) and K. Hisatsune (Saitama, Japan) Occurrence of 2-O-sulphated p-glucuronic acid in rat liver heparan sulphate J. Kovensky and A.F. Cirelli (Buenos Aires, Argentina)