Chemistry Letters, Vol.33, No.7, 874-875, 2004
Highly alpha-selective glycosylation with glycosyl acetate via glycosyl phosphonium iodide
Mild and highly a-selective glycosylations of several acceptors with glycosyl phosphonium iodide, a glycosyl donor readily generated in situ from glycosyl acetate, proceeded smoothly to afford the corresponding disaccharides in high yields.