C-Glycosidation with silylacetylenes to D-glucals

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)74776-9

C-Glycosidation is of significance for introducing carbon chains to sugar nuclei from the chiral pool. Silylacetylenes have been shown to be sufficiently reactive for the selective introduction of acetylenic groups, usefull for organic synthesis.