Strained olefin enables triflic anhydride mediated direct dehydrative glycosylation

Abstract

For the first time, we demonstrated that Tf₂O mediated direct dehydrative glycosylation was possible simply with strained olefins, and other typical bases were inhibitors of this reaction. We optimized the glycosylation conditions and found that typical benzyl protected 1-OH pyranosyl donors and certain alcohol acceptors were suitable for our glycosylation system. Furthermore, we found that complete 1,2-trans selectivity and a wider acceptor scope could be achieved with 2-O-Bz 3,4,6-tri-O-Bn pyranosyl donors.