Preparation of a fluorous benzyl protecting group and its use in a fluorous synthesis approach to a disaccharide

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00961-7

Benzylation of glucal with a fluorous benzyl group provided a fluorous tribenzyl glucal derivative which was coupled with excess diacetone galactose to make a fluorous disaccharide. These experiments break ground for a fluorous approach to oligosaccharide synthesis.