“…Alkaline treatment of 2,3,6-tri-O-acety1-4-O-tosyl-/3-D-glucoside (Eq. 244) gives the corresponding deacetylated 3,4anhydro compound,l207* 1208 and methyl 4-O-tosyl-/3-~-glucoside and its 2,3-di-O-benzoyI derivative give methyl 3,4-anhydro-/3-~-glucoside.258 Although it had been reported previously723 that methyl 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-O-tosy1-/3-~-glucoside simply gives the expected 2,3-anhydro derivative, later work936 has shown simultaneous formation of a certain amount of the 3,4-epoxy sugar as well (Eq. 245).…”