“…Glycosyl sulfoxides are traditionally formed by the careful oxidation of a parent thioglycoside component to form an S-oxide, typically by using meta-chloroperbenzoic acid (m-CPBA) as the oxidant, although other methods, including OXONE ® , have recently been developed [3,4]. Whilst the oxidation generally proceeds to yield diastereomeric mixtures, stereoselective sulfoxidations have been reported for particular classes of parent thioglycosides, e.g., α-mannopyranose thioglycosides [5][6][7].…”