A convenient new pathway for stereospecific epimerization of monosaccharide moieties in disaccharides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(95)00338-X

The disaccharides benzyl 4,6-O-benzylidene-2-O-α-D-mannopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (2), 6-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-1,2:3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-α-D-galactopyra nose (4), and phenyl 4-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-1-thio-β-D-glucopyranoside (7) were selectively a