2.6. Structural determination of oligosaccharides by NMR
Fifteen milligrams of each oligosaccharide was co-evaporated with D2O twice by lyophilisation and subsequently dissolved in 500 lL D2O containing 0.1 lL 4,4-dimethyl-4-silapentane-1-sul-phonic acid. The NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker AVANCE III 600 spectroscope (Bruker, German). The 1-dimensional1H and 13C NMR spectra and 2-dimensional correlation spectroscopy
(COSY), total correlation spectroscopy (TOCSY) heteronuclear single quantum coherence (HSQC), heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC) and rotating-frame overhauser effect spectroscopy (ROESY) were all obtained at 600 MHz at 25 °C with sufficient acquisition time. The observed1H and13C chemical shifts were calibrated according to external standard 4,4-dimethyl-4-silapentane-1-sulfonic acid (0.00 ppm).