2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-acetyl-α-D-galactopyranosyl 2,2,2-trichloroacetimidate ke motsoako oa lik'hemik'hale o atisang ho sebelisoa lik'hemik'hale tsa lik'hemik'hale tsa lik'hemik'hale le glycosylation reactions.E tsoa ho α-D-galactopyranose, mofuta oa tsoekere, moo lihlopha tsa hydroxyl tse maemong a 2, 3, 4, le 6 a selikalikoe sa galactopyranose li nang le acetylated.Ho phaella moo, anomeric carbon (C1) ea tsoekere e sirelelitsoe ka sehlopha sa trichloroacetimidate, se etsang hore e be electrophile e matla nakong ea liketso tsa glycosylation.
Hangata motsoako ona o sebelisoa e le glycosylating agent ho hlahisa likarolo tsa galactose ka limolek'hule tse sa tšoaneng, tse kang liprotheine, li-peptide kapa limolek'hule tse nyenyane tsa tlhaho.Sena se ka finyelloa ka ho sebetsana le motsoako ona ka nucleophile (mohlala, lihlopha tsa hydroxyl holim'a molek'hule e reretsoeng) tlas'a maemo a loketseng.Sehlopha sa trichloroacetimidate se thusa ho khomarela karolo ea galactose ho molek'hule e lebisitsoeng, e leng se etsang hore ho thehoe tlamo ea glycosidic.
Motsoako ona o atisa ho sebelisoa ha ho etsoa glycoconjugates, glycopeptides le glycolipids.E fana ka mokhoa o feto-fetohang le o sebetsang oa ho fetola limolek'hule tse nang le masalla a galactose, tse ka sebetsang mafapheng a fapaneng, ho kenyeletsoa lithuto tsa baeloji, lits'ebetso tsa phano ea lithethefatsi, kapa nts'etsopele ea ente.