Synthesis of 3-C-(4-aryl-5-halo-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)-galactosides: Probing halogen bonding in galectin-ligand complexes
The continued search for compounds exhibiting a better inhibition of Galectin-3 and -1 has been performed in this thesis. It has been shown that the Galectins are over-expressed in cancer cells and play an important role in inflammatory conditions connected to apoptosis (cell death). The focus in this research project has been to explore if halogen-bonding, which gives a hydrogen-bond like charact