ʻO 2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-acetyl-α-D-galactopyranosyl 2,2,2-trichloroacetimidate he mea hoʻohui kemika i hoʻohana mau ʻia i ka kemika carbohydrate a me nā hopena glycosylation.He hua ia o ka α-D-galactopyranose, kahi ʻano kō, kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai nā hui hydroxyl ma nā kūlana 2, 3, 4, a me 6 o ke apo galactopyranose.Hoʻohui ʻia, pale ʻia ke kalapona anomeric (C1) o ke kō me kahi hui trichloroacetimidate, kahi e lilo ai ia i electrophile ikaika i ka wā glycosylation reactions.
Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka pūhui ma ke ʻano he glycosylating agent no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā ʻāpana galactose i loko o nā molekole like ʻole, e like me nā proteins, peptides, a i ʻole nā molekole organik liʻiliʻi.Hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia kēia ma ka hana ʻana i kēia pūhui me kahi nucleophile (e laʻa, nā pūʻulu hydroxyl ma ka mole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia) ma lalo o nā kūlana kūpono.Hoʻoikaika ka hui trichloroacetimidate i ka hoʻopili ʻana o ka ʻāpana galactose i ka mole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ka hopena i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi paʻa glycosidic.
Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia kēia pūhui i ka synthesis o glycoconjugates, glycopeptides, a me glycolipids.Hāʻawi ia i kahi ala kūpono a maikaʻi hoʻi no ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā molekala me nā koena galactose, hiki ke pili i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, me nā haʻawina biological, nā ʻōnaehana lawe lāʻau, a i ʻole ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kano.