National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.20732001);Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2009ZX09501-011).
An efficient method for the preparation of 2-deoxy-glycopyranosides was developed by using 2,3-anhydrothioglycosides as the glycosylating agents.The reaction proceeded by the Cu(OTf)_2-mediated rearrangement of 2,3-an...