A new method is presented to produce unsaturated sugars from glycosyl bromi
des. This work offers a simplification of existing electrochemical approach
es to these types of species and is amenable to scale up for large-scale pr
oduction. In addition, this work is intended to provide it means of employi
ng electrochemistry that can be duplicated in most organic chemistry labora
tories using readily available glassware and equipment. (C) 2001 Elsevier S
cience Ltd. All rights reserved.