2,3,4,6-Tetrakis-O-(phenylmethyl)-D-glucopyranose

The benzyl groups are robust under many reaction conditions yet can be cleanly removed by hydrogenolysis, making them ideal protecting groups in multistep synthesis. 2,3,4,6-Tetrakis-O-(phenylmethyl)-D-glucopyranose is a fully benzyl-protected D-glucose derivative used as a key synthetic intermediate in carbohydrate and medicinal chemistry.All four secondary hydroxyl groups of the D-glucopyranose ring are protected as benzyl (phenylmethyl) ethers, which greatly enhance chemical stability and lipophilicity while allowing selective reactions at the anomeric position.