We report the simultaneous reduction of the 2-position and oxidation of the anomeric position in several protected furanosyl and pyranosyl sugar derivatives, mediated through NHC catalysis. This reaction allows the one-step access to highly valuable 2-deoxy-sugars from abundant 2-oxygenated sugar derivatives.

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