Trifluoroethanol has been elaborated, via a telescoped sequence involving a metalated difluoroenol, a difluoroallylic alcohol, [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement, and ultimately an RCM reaction and requiring
We herein introduce glycosyl N-phenylethynyl pyrrole-2-carboxylates (PEPCs) as novel and highly efficient glycosyl donors. The unique inclusion of the pyrrole group, serving as both an electron-donati
By simple combination of water and sodium iodide (NaI) with chlorotrimethylsilane (TMSCl), promotion of a Vorbrüggen glycosylation en route to essential HIV drugs emtricitabine (FTC) and lamivudine (
