Herein, we present an approach for catalytic orthogonal glycosylation utilizing earth‐abundant copper carbenes. This method operates under mild conditions and employs readily accessible starting materials, including benchtop stable enynal‐derived glycosyl donors, synthesized at the gram scale. The reaction accommodates a variety of glycosyl acceptors, including primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols. The enynal‐derived copper carbenes exhibit remarkable reactivity and selectivity, allowing for the formation of glycosidic linkages with different protecting groups and stereochemical patterns. This approach provides access to both 1,2‐
- Award ID(s):
- 1920234
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10228050
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Chemical Science
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 48
- ISSN:
- 2041-6520
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 13079 to 13084
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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