Cg. Sowell et al., NEW PROCEDURE FOR THE PREPARATION OF 2-(TRIMETHYLSILYL)ETHYL -2-DEOXY-3,4,6-TRI-O-ACETYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE AND OTHER ALKYL BETA-GLYCOSIDES, Tetrahedron letters, 37(5), 1996, pp. 609-610
The title compound and other alkyl beta-glycosides 1a-g can be prepare
d in one step from commercially available -deoxy-1,3,4,6-tetra-O-acety
l-beta-D-glucopyranose (3) and simple alcohols using camphorsulfonic a
cid as a promoter together with azeptropic removal of acetic acid.