Stereoselective synthesis of β-D-mannopyranosides with reactive mannopyranosyl donors possessing a neighboring electron-withdrawing group

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/1521-3773(20020816)41:16<2972::AID-ANIE2972>3.0.CO;2-4

An electron-withdrawing protecting group at the O-2 atom and a good anomeric leaving group at the mannopyranosyl donor are required for a new, practical approach to the production of β-linked mannopyranoside units (see scheme, MPM=para-methoxybenzyl, TDS=