My research interests include the study of synthetic carbohydrate chemistry and the biological interactions of complex carbohydrates.  This has included work on the synthesis of bacterial cell-wall carbohydrate antigens, the chemical synthesis of glycopeptides, and the synthesis of enzyme substrates of carbohydrate origin.  These interests are reflected in the publications shown below.

Selected Articles

1. Rich,J.R; McGavin, R.S.;Gardner, R.; Reimer, K.B., (1999), "Synthesis of rhamnogalacturonan I oligosaccharides: synthesis of a tetrasaccharide intermedidate", Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. 10, 17.

2. Reimer, K.; Meldal, M.; Kusumoto, S.; Fukase, K.; Bock, K., (1993), "Small Scale Solid-Phase 0-Glycopeptide Synthesis of Linear and Cyclized Hexapeptides from Blood Clotting Factor IX Containing 0-(a-D-Xyl-1-3-a-D-Xyl-1-3-B-D-Glc)-L-Ser" , J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. I, 925.

3. Reimer, K.B.; Gidney, M.A.J.; Bundle, D.R.; Pinto, B.M., (1992), "lmmunochemical Characterization of Polyclonal and Monoclonal Streptococcus Group A Antibodies by Chemically Defined Glycoconjugates and Synthetic Oligosaccharides", Carbohydr. Res., 232, 131.

4. Reimer, K.B.; Harris, S.L.; Varma, V.; Pinto, M.B., (1992), "Convergent Synthesis of Higher-Order Oligosaccharides Corresponding to the Cell-Wall Polysaccharide of the B-Hemolytic Streptococci Group A. A Branched Hexasaccharide Hapten.", Carbohydr. Res., 228, 399.