Author's Organization:Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University
A 0.1 eq of zinc p-tert-butylbenzoate significantly accelerates glycosylation of alcohol with glycopyranosyl chloride in the presence of 2-methyl-2-butene to give β-glycoside in high yield with fair to good β-selectivity.