“…The disaccharide 3 was conlposed of glucuronic acid and galactose. Methylation of the reduced 3 and subsequent GLC-EI-MS analysis showed diagnostic ions at nz/z 233 (aA,), 201 (aA,), and 169 (aA,), indicative of a hexopyranosyl uronate end group (34). Abundant fragment ions at'296 ( J , ) , 236 (bA,), and 204 (bA,) confirm the presence of a terminal hexitol, allowing 3 to be identified as ADsol~~rc~ c~or~fi'grrr-ariorz oj'rlzc~ cc~r-0o,ryc~rlz~~liclc~11e nrlcl car0osyerIzyl s~rl~srircier~rs Pyruvic acid acetals bridging the 0 -2 and 0 -3 positions of D-glucuronic acid residues are known as components of a number of Kle0.siella polysaccharides, but the chiralities of these components has not been reported (35).…”