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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2022 Jun 8;122(13):11701–11758. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00029

Table 1.

Activation of Glycosyl Bromide Donors

promoter additive
silver and copper salts
Ag2CO36,7 I2,153,220 Lewis acid221
AgNO37,151 crown ether222,223
AgOAc6,7
Ag2O151 I2,154 borinic acid,224 HOFox/Lewis acid,217,225 TMSOTf,146,221,226 TfOH221
AgClO4227229
AgBF4227,230
AgPF6230
AgOTf230 TMU231
other organic Ag salts221,232234 TfOH221
Ag silicate-alumina235
Ag zeolite236
Ag silica-alumina237
silver imidazole ZnCl2238
Ag2SO4 TfOH,221,226
CuI + BPhen +
Xantphos147
DTBMP147
mercury, zinc, and cadmium salts
Hg(OCOCH3)2160,161
Hg(CN)2239 HgBr2239
HgO239 HgBr2240
HgBr2241,242
Hg(PhCOO)2243
Hg(NpCOO)2243
HgI2244
ZnO239
ZnCl2245,246 TrCl;245 TMSCl247
ZnBr2245,246 TrBr;245 TMSBr246,247
Zn(OTf)2 TMSBr248
CdO239
CdCO3249251
CdS249
indium, tin, and bismuth salts
InCl3252,253
InBr3253
InI3254
In(OTf)3254
In(NTf2)3254
SnCl4255
Sn(OTf)2 base256
PbCO3251
non-nucleophilic bases
pyridine7,148,182,257
quinoline150,156
collidine180
phenanthroline derivatives257
2,2′-bipyridine257
halogens or halide ions
NR4Br258,259
I2260,261 DDQ260
IBr262,263 DABCO262
ICl263
NIS261,263 I2;263 protic acids261
other methods
NR3264266
PR3265,266
SR2265,266
solvolysis7,230,267,268 NR4Br;267,268 silver salts230