One-pot production of alkyl glycosides^a.

Entry	Donor	Alcohol	Product	Isolated yield (%)
1	GlcNAc 2a	n-Pentenol		73, 48b
2	GlcNAc 2a	Benzyl alcohol		75
3	GlcNAc 2a	Isopropanol		76
4	GlcNAc 2a	tert-Butanol		45
5	GalNAc 2b	Benzyl alcohol		43
6	ManNAc 2c	Benzyl alcohol		57

^aReaction conditions: (i) DMC, Et₃N, H₂O, 0 °C, 1 h, then freeze-dry; (ii) alcohol as solvent, TsOH (1 equiv.), 4 Å powdered molecular sieves, rt, 3 h.

^bReaction performed in MeCN/DMF in the presence of 5 equiv. of alcohol as acceptor.