“…Conversely, nitrile solvents help the formation of β-glycosides because these reactions were thought to proceed via the axial glycosyl nitrilium cation intermediate. , More recently, the Mong group suggested that in addition to the anomeric effect the formation of 1,2-cis nitrilium species is further reinforced by the participation of the oxygen atom at C-2 . This would result in the formation of the glycosyl oxazolinium intermediate that is leading to the β-product as a result of the top-face nucleophilic attack (see refs , − , , , , , − , , − , , − , , − , , − ).…”