Carbohydrates are a fundamental unit playing pivotal roles in all the biological processes. It
is thus essential to develop methods for synthesizing, functionalizing, and manipulating …

Methods for site-selective transformations of hydroxyl groups in carbohydrate derivatives are
reviewed. The construction of oligosaccharides of defined connectivity hinges on such …

Carbohydrates, which are ubiquitously distributed throughout the three domains of life, play
significant roles in a variety of vital biological processes. Access to unique and …

The application of small molecules as catalysts for the diversification of natural product
scaffolds is reviewed. Specifically, principles that relate to the selectivity challenges intrinsic …

Acyl transfer is at the heart of functional‐group transfers utilized both in nature and in the
chemical laboratory. Acylations are part of the natural assembly machinery for the …

Carbohydrates have been shown to play important roles in biological processes. The pace
of development in carbohydrate research is, however, relatively slow due to the problems …

Many organisms use sugars as building blocks for more complex structures in nature such
as cellulose in plants and chitin in crustaceans. To construct these large polysaccharides …

Discussed herein is the synthesis of partially protected carbohydrates by manipulating only
one type of a protecting group for a given substrate. The first focus of this review is the …

Short total syntheses of natural glycosides (ellagitannins) were performed through
sequential and regioselective functionalization of the hydroxy groups of unprotected …

Catalyst-controlled regioselective functionalization of partially protected saccharide
molecules is a highly important yet under-developed area of carbohydrate chemistry. Such …