A 3,4-
O-unprotected galactal derivative having bulky 6-
O-TIPS protection (compound
2) could beregioselectively 3-
O-glycosylated with
O-(galactopyranosyl) trichloroacetimidates; depending on theprotecting group pattern stereoselectively
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- and
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-linked disaccharides were obtained. With
O-(2-azido-2-deoxyglucopyransyl) trichloroacetimidate as donor (compound
10A), glycosylation of
2 and of a 6-
O-unprotected galactal derivative led in acetonitrile as solvent exclusively to a
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(1-3)- and a
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(1-6)-linked disaccharide, respectively. Nitration of the galactal moieties of the saccharides followed by
Michael-type addition of serine and threonine derivatives (
7a,
b) installed the
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-
galacto-configuration, thus readilyfurnishing
O-glycosyl amino acid building blocks for the incorporation of core 1, core 2, core 3, core 6,and core 8 structures into glycopeptides. 2-Nitrogalactal and 2-nitroglucal derivatives could be alsosuccessfully employed in glycoside bond formation via Michael-type addition in a reiterative manner,affording the corresponding core 5, core 7, and core 6 building blocks. In this approach, highlystereoselective glycoside bond formations were based exclusively on Michael-type addition to the nitro-enol ether moiety of the 2-nitroglycals. Hence, 2-nitroglycals are versatile intermediates for base-catalyzedglycoside bond formation.