Keywords: Carbohydrates / Glycosides / Glycosylations / OligosaccharidesLigation of the glycosyl donor to the glycosyl acceptor through the leaving group was performed with the aim of enforcing glycoside bond formation by an intramolecular (1.x)-shift. To this end, syntheses of alkoxymethyl (2a and b), 2-alkoxyethyl (10a and b, 13a, 16a), 3-alkoxypropenyl (27a and b), and 7-alkoxy-4-oxaheptadienyl thioglucopyranoside derivatives (35a,b and d) were carried out. Their activation