Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biochimica, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Cynthia 4, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
Abstract:
1,2-Dimethoxyethane (DME) is shown to be a suitable co-solvent for sensibly improving the α-selectivity of glycosidations performed with trihaloacetimidate donors. This solvent works equally well by using either moisture stable Yb(OTf)3 or standard TMSOTf as the promoters.