“…Given the important role of the substituted perhydrofuro[2,3- b ]pyrans (and bis -THFs), the lack of utility of cyclopropanated carbohydrates in both Lewis acid and transition metal catalyzed cycloadditions, and as part of our continuing interest in the synthesis of carbohydrate analogues, ,,, we disclose herein our results on an InCl 3 catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition of cyclopropanated sugars and aldehydes. , This reaction offers a mild, efficient method to generate multisubstituted perhydrofuro[2,3- b ]pyrans (and bis -THFs) in high yield with excellent diastereoselectivity (Scheme ). To our knowledge, this is the first successful example that utilizes the [3 + 2] cycloaddition between cyclopropanes and CX (X = C, N, O) compounds to synthesize multisubstituted perhydrofuro[2,3- b ]pyrans and bis -THFs.…”