Helferich Method

B. Helferich, E. Schmitz-Hillebrecht, Ber. 66, 378 (1933).

Glycosidation of an acetylated sugar by heating with a phenol in the presence of a metal halide (ZnCl₂, FeCl₃) or p-toluenesulfonic acid as catalyst:



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