Carbohydrate Research 292 (1996) C8-C9 Contents Regular Papers The resolution of the neutral N-linked oligosaccharides of IgG by high pH anion-exchange chromatog- raphy J.M. McGuire, M. Douglas and K.D. Smith (Glasgow, UK) Simplified and improved methylation analysis of saccharides, using a modified procedure and thin-layer chromatography R. Mukerjea, D. Kim and J.F. Robyt (Ames, IA, USA) The hydration of sucrose S.B. Engelsen (Frederiksberg, Denmark) and S. Pérez (Grenoble, France) Synthesis of 6-deoxy-6-halolaminarans and conversion of 6-chloro-6-deoxylaminaran into the 6-amino- 6-deoxy derivative R. Khan, M. Bosco, P.A. Konowicz, L. Stucchi and R. Rizzo (Trieste, Italy) Synthesis of glycolipids containing disaccharides and two longer alky! chains and their applications as enzyme modifiers Z. Zhang, K. Fukunaga, Y. Sugimura, K. Nakao (Tokiwadai, Japan) and T. Shimizu (Tsukuba, Transglycosylation of intact sialo complex-type efiguencchasites to ee N-acetylglucosamine moieties of glycopeptides by Mucor hiemalis endo-B-N-acetylgluc K. Haneda, T. Inazu (Tokyo, Japan), K. Yamamoto, H. Kumagai (Kyoto, Japan), Y. Nakahara and A. Kobata (Tokyo, Japan) Solid-phase synthesis of an O-linked glycopeptide based on a benzyl-protected glycan approach Y. Nakahara, Y. Nakahara (Saitama, Japan) and T. Ogawa (Saitama, Tokyo, Japan) Synthesis of inositol 2-phosphate—quercetin conjugates P. Calias (Medford, MA, USA), T. Galanopoulos, M. Maxwell, A. Khayat, D. Graves, H. N. Antoniades (Boston, MA, USA) and M. d’ Alarcao (Medford, MA, USA) Synthesis, from nojirimycin, of N'-alkyl-p-gluconamidines as potential glucosidase inhibitors G. Legler, M.-T. Finken and S. Felsch (Cologne, Germany) N'-Alkyl p-gluconamidines: Are they ‘perfect’ mimics of the first transition state of glucosidase action? G. Legler and M.-T. Finken (Kéin, Germany) Structural studies of the O-specific chain of Hafnia alvei strain 32 lipopolysaccharide W. Jachymek (Wroclaw, Poland), C. Petersson (Uppsala, Sweden), A. Helander (Stockholm, Sweden), L. Kenne (Uppsala, Sweden), T. Niedziela and C. Lugowski (Wroclaw, Poland) Carbohydrate Research 292 (1996) C8-C9 Contents Regular Papers The resolution of the neutral N-linked oligosaccharides of IgG by high pH anion-exchange chromatog- raphy J.M. McGuire, M. Douglas and K.D. Smith (Glasgow, UK) Simplified and improved methylation analysis of saccharides, using a modified procedure and thin-layer chromatography R. Mukerjea, D. Kim and J.F. Robyt (Ames, IA, USA) The hydration of sucrose S.B. Engelsen (Frederiksberg, Denmark) and S. Pérez (Grenoble, France) Synthesis of 6-deoxy-6-halolaminarans and conversion of 6-chloro-6-deoxylaminaran into the 6-amino- 6-deoxy derivative R. Khan, M. Bosco, P.A. Konowicz, L. Stucchi and R. Rizzo (Trieste, Italy) Synthesis of glycolipids containing disaccharides and two longer alky! chains and their applications as enzyme modifiers Z. Zhang, K. Fukunaga, Y. Sugimura, K. Nakao (Tokiwadai, Japan) and T. Shimizu (Tsukuba, Transglycosylation of intact sialo complex-type efiguencchasites to ee N-acetylglucosamine moieties of glycopeptides by Mucor hiemalis endo-B-N-acetylgluc K. Haneda, T. Inazu (Tokyo, Japan), K. Yamamoto, H. Kumagai (Kyoto, Japan), Y. Nakahara and A. Kobata (Tokyo, Japan) Solid-phase synthesis of an O-linked glycopeptide based on a benzyl-protected glycan approach Y. Nakahara, Y. Nakahara (Saitama, Japan) and T. Ogawa (Saitama, Tokyo, Japan) Synthesis of inositol 2-phosphate—quercetin conjugates P. Calias (Medford, MA, USA), T. Galanopoulos, M. Maxwell, A. Khayat, D. Graves, H. N. Antoniades (Boston, MA, USA) and M. d’ Alarcao (Medford, MA, USA) Synthesis, from nojirimycin, of N'-alkyl-p-gluconamidines as potential glucosidase inhibitors G. Legler, M.-T. Finken and S. Felsch (Cologne, Germany) N'-Alkyl p-gluconamidines: Are they ‘perfect’ mimics of the first transition state of glucosidase action? G. Legler and M.-T. Finken (Kéin, Germany) Structural studies of the O-specific chain of Hafnia alvei strain 32 lipopolysaccharide W. Jachymek (Wroclaw, Poland), C. Petersson (Uppsala, Sweden), A. Helander (Stockholm, Sweden), L. Kenne (Uppsala, Sweden), T. Niedziela and C. Lugowski (Wroclaw, Poland) The complex of amylose and iodine X. Yu, C. Houtman and R.H. Atalla (Madison, WI, USA) Evidence for sulfite induced oxidative reductive depolymerisation of starch polysaccharides L. Paterson, J.R. Mitchell, S.E. Hill and J.M.V. Blanshard (Loughborough, UK) The synthesis of galactopyranosyl derivatives with B-galactosidases of different origins J.-H. Yoon and K. Ajisaka (Odawara, Japan) Notes Concentration dependence of hydrophobicity of monosaccharides estimated by fluorescence of pyrene M. Shigematsu (Lund, Sweden) NMR characterization of a 4-O-methyl-8-D-glucuronic acid-containing rh low mustard (Sinapis alba L.) mucilage W. Cui, M.N.A. Eskin (Winnipeg, Canada), C.G. Biliaderis (Thessaloniki, Greece) and K. Marat (Winnipeg, Canada) Subject Index Contents