Glycosyl donors having a diphenylphosphinate and a propane-1,3-diyl phosphate leaving group were easily prepared by the addition of the anomeric hydroxyl group of 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-α,β-d-glucopyranose to diphenylphosphinic and propane-1,3-diyldioxyphosphoryl chlorides. These glycosyl donors were selectively glycosylated with a number of primary and secondary oxygen nucleophiles in the presence
Glycosidation of tetra-O-benzyl-D-glucose using diphenylphosphinate as the leaving group afforded β-O-linked glycosides as the major products, whilst the use of propane-1,3-diyl phosphate as the leaving group resulted in the exclusive formation of β-O-linked glycoside.