Structure of the Polysaccharide O-Antigen of Salmonella Aberdeen (O : 11)

O-specific polysaccharide (OPS) of Salmonella Aberdeen was obtained from bacterial cell mass by water-phenol extraction procedure of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) followed by its mild acid hydrolysis and gel filtration of soluble carbohydrate material. Rhamnose, galactose, N-acetyl-glucosamine and mannose were detected and their linkages were established. Sugar configurations, D or L, were determined for (S)-(+)-2-butyl glycosides on an achiral capillary column. The structure of OPS was determined by analysis of spectra of 1H and 13C NMR and homonuclear and heteronuclear correlations spectra. Anomeric configurations were tentatively assigned by chromium trioxide oxidation and later proved by anomeric proton chemical shifts, H1-H2 coupling constants and proton coupled 13C spectra. Sugar sequences were established from comparisons of specific carbon shifts with those from literature, two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY) and heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation experiments (HMBC). The repeating unit of S. Aberdeen OPS has the structure: _3)-_-D-GlcpNAc-(1_3)-[ _-D-Manp-(1_4)-]_-D-Galp-(1_4)-_-L-Rhap-(1_