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

Table 2.

Activation of Glycosyl Fluoride Donors

promoter additive
tin- and silicon-based reagents
SnCl28,420 AgClO4,8,451 TrClO4,420 AgOTf,451,452 AgB(C6F5)4451,453,454
SnCl4455 AgB(C6F5)4453
SnF4456
R3SnCl or R2SnCl2457 AgClO4457
Sn(OTf)2458 BF3-Et2O, TiCl4, La(OTf)3, Yb(OTf)3 or La(ClO4)3-nH2O459
SiF4404
CF3SO3SiMe3404,456,460
SiCl4 or Ph3SiCl453 AgB(C6F5)4453
boron-, aluminum-, and gallium-based reagents
BF3-Et2O423,455,461
TrB (C6F5)4462,463
HB(C6F5)4464,465
B(C6F5)3466
AlMe3455
Me2GaCl, Me2GaOTf or MeGa(OTf)2467
main group metal salts
MgBr2-Et2O455
LiClO4468,469 CsF468,469
CaBr2 or Ca(NO3)2470 NMe3470
Ca(OTf)2470 NMe3470,471
Ca(OH)2471
transition metal salts
TiF4456,460 AgClO4,472 AgBF4473
Cp2TiCl2474 AgClO4474 AgB(C6F5)4453
TiCl2453 AgB(C6F5)4453
Cp2ZrCl2474 AgClO4474,475 AgOTf, AgBF4, AgPF6 or AgSbF6,475 AgB(C6F5)4453
SO4/ZrO2476
Cp2HfCl2474 AgClO4,474,477,478 AgB(C6F5)4453
Hf(OTf)4479
Cu(OTf)2480
lanthanide metal salts
Yb(OTf)3481 K2CO3,481,482 CaCO3, K2CO3/ ZnCl2 or K2CO3/Ba(ClO4)2481
YbCl3481 CaCO3481
Yb-Amberlyst-15483
Yb[N(O2SC4F9)2]3484
La(ClO4)3-7H2O481,482 K2CO3481,482
La(ClO4)3-nH2O, Pr(ClO4)3-nH2O, or Eu(ClO4)3-nH2O482 K2CO3482
Ce(ClO4)3-nH2O482,485 K2CO3482,485
anhydrides, protic acids, and other reagents
Tf2O460
TfOH465,486488
HClO4, HOSO2C4F9, HNTf2 or HSbF6464465
RN+B(C6F5)4, RN+OTf, RN+SbF6, RN+BF4 or RN+ClO4489
solvolysis490