Bronsted acids of anionic chiral Co(III) complexes were found to act as efficient phase-transfer catalysts for the diastereoselective iodoglycosylation or iodocarboxylation of glycals with a variety of alcohols or carboxylic acids, respectively, with N-iodosuccinimide as the iodo cation source. The corresponding 2-deoxy-2-iodoglycosides, including monosaccharides and disaccharides, and 2-deoxy-2-iodoglycosyl
The observation of convertible formation between 2-deoxy-2-iodo-O-glycosides and 2,3-unsaturated glycoside was described. The selective formation of 2-deoxy-2-iodo-O-glycosides was found from the reaction of D-glucal with iodine in the excess alcohol acceptor or the addition of ceric ammonium nitrate as additive while the addition of a stoichiometric amount of alcohol in solvent favored 2,3-unsaturated glycosides formation.