The effect of neighbouring group participation and possible long range remote group participation in O-glycosylation

• Rituparna Das and
• Balaram Mukhopadhyay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 369–406, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.27

• , whereas protecting groups in the distal C-3, C-4, and C-6 positions are often claimed to exhibit remote group participation with the anomeric carbon. Neighbouring group participation and remote group participation are being widely studied to help the glycochemists design the synthetic protocols for

• achieve better stereocontrol and to facilitate the formation of synthetically challenging glycosidic linkages. Keywords: chemical O-glycosylation; neighbouring group participation; remote group participation; solvent effect; stereocontrol; Introduction Cell surface glycans in living cells have

• group participation (NGP)’ [70], while involvement of protecting groups in the far, distal or remote position in the glycosyl donor is often termed as ‘remote group participation’ or ‘long distance participation’ [71]. While neighbouring group participation is a much established reaction pathway, there