“…Only a few reports have been published so far on the anomerization [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 ] and attachment of nucleophiles at C1 [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ] via the endocyclic cleavage of glycosides. To the best of our knowledge, the side reaction described here is the first example of the endocyclic cleavage of methyl α- D -allopyranoside derivatives with PhBCl 2 /Et 3 SiH.…”