“…[3] The sulfur atom in a thioglycoside is a soft nucleophile, and is therefore able to react selectively with soft electrophiles. [4] In the past years, many types of thiophilic promoters for the activation of thioglycosides have been developed, such as heavy metal cations [e.g., mercury(II) sulfate [5] ], alkylating reagents [e.g., methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (MeOTf) [6] ], organosulfur compounds [e.g., dimethyl(thiomethyl)sulfonium trifluoromethanesulfonate (DMTST), [7] methylsulfenyl triflate (MeSOTf), [8] phenylsulfenyl triflate (PhSOTf), [9] diphenyl sulfoxide-triflic anhydride (Ph 2 SO/Tf 2 O), [10] benzenesulfinylpiperidine-triflic anhydride (BSP/Tf 2 O), [11] N-(phenylthio)-e-caprolactamtriflic anhydride, [12] benzenesulfinylmorpholine-triflic anhydride (BSM/Tf 2 O), [13] dimethyl disulfide-triflic anhydride (Me 2 S 2 /Tf 2 O) [14] ], organoselenium compounds [e.g., benzeneselenyl triflate (PhSeOTf)], [15] and halogens [e.g., N-iodosuccinimide-triflic acid (NIS/TfOH), [16] N-bromosuccinimide (NBS), [17] iodonium dicollidine perchlorate (IDCP), [18] Ipy 2 BF 4 [19] ]. Although these promoters are convenient for the assembly of oligosaccharides, some drawbacks and limitations have been encountered during glycosylation processes including accessibility, [13] stability, solubility, by-products, [11] purification, [20] and reagent handling issues.…”