M. Adinolfi, A. Iadonisi, Alessandra Ravidá
May 31, 2004
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Tetrahedron Letters
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.