Acid-catalysed glycoside bond formation and cleavage

5 Acid-catalysed glycoside bond formation and cleavage 

In this section, acid-catalysed glycosidic bond synthesis and cleavage will be covered. This knowledge is critical to many discussions that will follow in subsequent chapters. In Chapter 4, modern approaches to the introduction of glycosidic linkages are discussed. 

Transition state (equatorial) Transition state (axial) 

Stoddart, 1972, Stereochemistry of Carbohydrates, Wiley-Interscience, New York. 

Eliel and S.H. Willen, 1994, Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds, Wiley, New York. 

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