“…In this context, from a sustainability point of view, the use of monosaccharides to assist in situ formation of low valent metals for cross-coupling reactions, particularly using cheap copper salts, has drawn significant interest due to its several benefits. Monosaccharides are eco-friendly, biorenewable, and are good cost-effective alternatives to generate in situ low-valent metal species when compared to other reducing agents, such as TBAX salts, tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene (TDAE), and others, in metal-mediated cross-coupling reactions. − Also, monosaccharides stabilize the catalysts through chelation thereby promoting the catalytic cycle and thus preventing the deactivation of the active metal . Several groups showcased the use of a monosaccharide–metal combination strategy for various reactions, such as cross-coupling, − Ullmann reactions, multi component reactions, − click reaction, , and domino reactions .…”