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The carbohydrate-derived alpha-bromo ketones 4 and 5 undergo reductive
cleavage using either Zn-Cu or CeCl3-Nal and the resulting enolates a
re trapped by carbohydrate-based aldehydes 6, 7 and 14 to give C-disac
charide derivatives.