Intramolecular, ring closing glycosylation of the saccharides with NIS and TMSOTf afforded the tethered beta(1-->3) linked disaccharides 6a-c, the alpha(1-->3) linked disaccharides 7a-d and the alpha(1-->2) linked disaccharide 8d in ratios depending upon the ring size formed during glycosylation. No beta(1-->2) linked disaccharides were formed. Molecular modeling of saccharides 6-8 revealed that a strong