[Semisynthetic cerebrosides]. / Polusinteticheskoe poluchenie tserebrozidov.

Psychosine prepared from bovine brain cerebroside was used for synthesis of galactosphingolipids with DL-, D-, or L-2-hydroxyhexadecanoic acids and 6-(2'-anthroyl) hexanoic acid. Psychosine was N-acetyl with p-nitrophenyl 2-acetoxyhexadecanoates in the presence of hydroxybenzotriazole to give cerebrosides. The 6-(2'-anthroyl)hexanoic acid reaction with psychosine was effected via its acyl chloride.