Two efficient methods were explored for the synthesis of various conjugated
exo-glycals: (i) by nucleophilic addition of sugar lactones with a subsequ
ent dehydration, and (ii) by selenylation of C-glycosides with a subsequent
selenoxide elimination. These reactions occurred in a stereoselective mann
er to give exclusively or predominantly the (Z)-isomers of exo-glycals. (C)
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