Glycosylation is an attractive strategy to functionalize natural products and peptides for biomedical use, but non-enzymatic approaches usually require organic solvent and protecting groups. Now, an aqueous phenolic O-glycosylation reaction that uses glycosyl fluoride donors and a calcium salt has been developed for a wide range of substrates, including complex unprotected peptides.
- Tyler J. Wadzinski
- Angela Steinauer
- Scott J. Miller