A range of derivatives of 2-a~o-2-deoxy-~-thio-~-glucose, with removable blocking substituents at the amino and thiol groups, has been synthesized by condensation of amino sugar glycosyl halides with thiourea, with potassium thiolacetate, or with potassium ethylxanthate.
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