Mukhopadhyay Balaram, Field Robert A
Centre for Carbohydrate Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
Carbohydr Res. 2003 Sep 26;338(20):2149-52. doi: 10.1016/s0008-6215(03)00349-5.
A simple one-pot method is reported for making partially protected glycosyl acceptors from O-methyl or S-alkyl/aryl glycosides of D-glucose, D-galactose, D-arabinose, L-rhamnose, L-fucose and lactose via orthoester formation, benzylation and selective hydrolysis.