Practical synthetic methods to latent disarmed S-2-(2-propylthio)benzyl (SPTB) glycosides for interrupted Pummerer reaction mediated glycosylation have been discovered. Among them, both coupling reaction of PTB-Cl with glycosyl thiols and BF3·OEt2 promoted reaction of peracylated glycosides with PTB-SH produced peracylated SPTB glycosides in large scales and with high efficiency.