1994 Volume 43 Issue 6 Pages 520-523
The glycosylation reaction of methyl 2, 3, 4, 6-tetra-O-benzyl-1-thio-β-D-glucopyranoside with various alcohols was efficiently activated by using O-mesitylenesulfonylhydroxylamine to afford the corre-sponding glucosides in good yields without any use of heavy metal salts.