Duration
5 days
Training Structure
Joint Continuing Education Office, Faculty of Sciences
Overview
This course provides you with a basic introduction to the chemistry of sugars of biological interest.
*Subject to approval by the Board of Trustees of the University of Montpellier on Monday, September 28, 2026
The Benefits of the Training Program
Next training session: May 24–28, 2027
Objectives
- Be able to determine the conformation and configuration of sugars
- Determining an orthogonal protection-deprotection sequence for monosaccharides
- Be able to predict the stereochemical outcome of a glycosylation reaction
- Knowing how to choose the right activator for different glycosyl donors
Program
22 hours of training spread over 5 days of in-person sessions - Training available as an in-house program
PROGRAM
- TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CYCLIC AND ACYCLIC SUGARS
- NOMENCLATURE OF MONOSACCHARIDES
- MAIN CLASSES OF SUGARS: ALDOSES, KETOSES, ALDITOLS, ALDONIC ACIDS, ALDURONIC ACIDS, AMINOSUGARS, DEOXYSUGARS, ETC.
- STEREOELECTRONIC EFFECTS
- GENERAL MECHANISMS AND STEREOCHEMICAL OUTCOMES OF GLYCOSYLATION REACTIONS
- METHODS FOR THE SYNTHESIS AND ACTIVATION OF THE MAIN GLYCOSYL DONORS