... well as by MALDI-TOF MS analysis of the products obtained by permethylation and hydrolysis,andalsoby1H-NMR.Oligosaccharide CO3-2 appeared to be a trisaccharide, asMALDI-TOF MS analysis of the ... includes variouspolysaccharides such as mycolic acid–arabinogalactan and lipoarabinomannan, as well as a variety of complex glycoli-pids [1]. Among the interesting and important glycolipds are a number ... 2,3,4-trimethylgalactitol acetate and 2,3,4,6-tetramethylgalacti-tol acetate. As the amount of CO6 available for character-ization was too low for NMR analysis, additional charac-terization was performed...