2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-acetyl-α-D-galactopyranosyl 2,2,2-trichloroacetimidate o se vailaʻau vailaʻau e masani ona faʻaaogaina i kemisi carbohydrate ma glycosylation reactions.O se mea e maua mai i le α-D-galactopyranose, o se ituaiga o suka, lea o loʻo faʻapipiʻiina ai vaega o le hydroxyl i le 2, 3, 4, ma le 6 o le galactopyranose mama.E le gata i lea, o le anomeric carbon (C1) o le suka e puipuia i se vaega trichloroacetimidate, lea e avea ai ma se eletise malosi i taimi o gaioiga glycosylation.
E masani ona faʻaaogaina le faʻapipiʻi e fai ma sui o le glycosylating e faʻafeiloaʻi ai le galactose moieties i mole mole eseese, e pei o polotini, peptides, poʻo ni meaola laiti.E mafai ona ausia lenei mea e ala i le fa'afo'iina o lenei mea fa'atasi ma se nucleophile (fa'ata'ita'iga, vaega hydroxyl i luga o le mole mole fa'atatau) i lalo o tulaga talafeagai.O le vaega trichloroacetimidate e faafaigofieina le faapipiiina o le galactose moiety i le mole taulaʻiga, e mafua ai le fausia o se fusi glycosidic.
O lenei tuufaatasiga e masani ona faʻaaogaina i le faʻaogaina o glycoconjugates, glycopeptides, ma glycolipids.O lo'o ofoina mai ai se auala fa'apitoa ma lelei mo le fa'aleleia o molela'au ma toega galactose, lea e mafai ona fa'atatau i vaega eseese, e aofia ai su'esu'ega fa'aolaola, faiga tu'uina atu vaila'au, po'o le atina'eina o tui.