sugars have been accessed through a palladium-catalyzed Hirao cross-coupling on 2-iodoglycals using trialkylphosphites as phosphorylating reagents. The developed conditions led to the creation of an unnatural C–P bond on sugars and proved to be compatible with diversely protected glycals (acetyl-, benzyl-, PMB-protected) as well as with unprotected substrates. Several monosaccharides and one disaccharide