2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-acetyl-α-D-galactopyranosyl 2,2,2-trichloroacetimidate wani sinadari ne da aka saba amfani dashi a cikin sunadarai na carbohydrate da halayen glycosylation.Ya samo asali ne daga α-D-galactopyranose, nau'in sukari, inda ƙungiyoyin hydroxyl a kan 2, 3, 4, da 6 matsayi na zoben galactopyranose suna acetylated.Bugu da ƙari, anomeric carbon (C1) na sukari ana kiyaye shi tare da ƙungiyar trichloroacetimidate, wanda ya sa ya zama mai ƙarfi electrophile yayin halayen glycosylation.
Ana amfani da fili sau da yawa azaman wakili na glycosylating don shigar da ƙwayoyin galactose cikin ƙwayoyin cuta daban-daban, kamar su sunadaran, peptides, ko ƙananan ƙwayoyin halitta.Ana iya samun wannan ta hanyar amsa wannan fili tare da nucleophile (misali, ƙungiyoyin hydroxyl akan kwayoyin da aka yi niyya) a ƙarƙashin yanayi masu dacewa.Ƙungiya ta trichloroacetimidate tana sauƙaƙe haɗa nau'in galactose zuwa kwayoyin da aka yi niyya, yana haifar da samuwar haɗin glycosidic.
Ana amfani da wannan fili da yawa a cikin kira na glycoconjugates, glycopeptides, da glycolipids.Yana ba da ingantacciyar hanya don gyaggyarawa kwayoyin halitta tare da ragowar galactose, waɗanda zasu iya dacewa a fagage daban-daban, gami da nazarin halittu, tsarin isar da magunguna, ko haɓakar rigakafi.