“…The 3,6-di-O-benzylated allyl galactoside 23 was readily obtained from the easily accessible [48] benzylidene-galactoside 20 in a single three-step sequence: dibutyltin oxide-mediated benzylation proceeded with high regioselectivity to give the 3-O-benzyl ether 21, due to preferential reaction of the intermediate 2,3-O-stannylidene acetal at O-3; [ Ϫ Abbreviations used throughout: All ϭ allyl, Bn ϭ benzyl, Bz ϭ benzoyl, pMP ϭ p-methoxyphenyl, Ph ϭ phenyl, Piv ϭ pivaloyl subsequent benzoylation (Ǟ 22) followed by reductive fission of the 4,6-O-benzylidene ring with NaBH 3 CN/HCl [51] gave the suitably blocked model acceptor 23 in an overall yield of 78% for the three steps.…”