Design of anomeric leaving groups with pendant H-bond acceptors results in a stereospecific chemical O-glycosylation with broad scope and applicability to automated synthesis.
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Ragains, J.R. Pendant phosphine oxide as a guiding hand for stereospecific chemical O-glycosylation. Nat. Synth (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-025-00842-3
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