Stereospecific carbon-carbon bond formation at secondary carbons in cyclic sugars

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(94)84247-7

An excellent leaving-group, triflate, at C-4 of the benzylated hexopyranose glycosides 1 and 2 was used to study the introduction of carbon branches in sugars. By using a phase-transfer reagent, a one-carbon source, cyanide ion, was used to prepare the di