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3,6-O-diBenzyl-4-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-2-tetrachlorophthalimide-1-benzenethiol-1,2-dideoxy-β-D-glucopyranose is an intermediate formed in the synthesis of N-Acetylchitooctaose (A168460), a chitooligosaccharide used to activate Saccharomyces cerevisiae chitin biosynthesis. N-Acetylchitooctaose has affinity for NKR-P1A protein, the major activating receptor at the surface of rat natural killer (NK) cells, and may be useful in human therapy in cancer treatment (colon cancer, melanoma).