“…Giese was the first to expand this 1,2-migration to carbohydrates, observing that, starting from acetylated models, such as 21, or benzoylated glycopyranosyl, or furanosyl halides or selenides, 2-deoxy sugars 172 were obtained in good yields by a cisselective rearrangement (Scheme 24). 211,212 It was also demonstrated that the slow addition of nBu 3 SnH required to avoid the direct reduction of the starting substrate may be circumvented by the use of alternative reductants such as TTMSS. 213 A further alternative to tin hydrides was proposed by Quiclet-Sire and Zard, 214 using S -glycosyl xanthates, such as 173, as radical precursors in refluxing cyclohexane, which surprisingly acts as an effective hydrogen donor, and dilauroyl peroxide (DLP) as initiator to give 2-deoxy carbohydrates 174 in good yields.…”