Investigation of Glycosyl Nitrates as Building Blocks for Chemical Glycosylation

Glycosyl nitrates are important synthetic intermediates in the synthesis of 2‐amino sugars, 1,2‐orthoesters or, more recently, 2‐OH glucose. However, glycosyl nitrates have never been glycosidated. Presented herein is our first attempt to use glycosyl nitrates as glycosyl donors for O ‐glycosylation. Lanthanide triflates showed good affinity to activate the nitrate leaving...