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Whereas S‐β‐D‐glucosylated L‐cysteine is easily available, the corresponding α‐anomer has not been prepared before. In this paper a solution to the synthetic problem is presented. The glycosylation of highly nucleophilic N‐phthaloyl‐L‐cysteine esters 4 and 5 with 2,3,4,6‐tetra‐O‐benzyl‐α‐L‐glucopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate in the presence of 1 equivalent of BF~3~ · Et~2~O provided the protected cysteinyl‐S‐α‐glycosides 6 and 7 in good yields. These S‐α‐glycosylated cysteine derivatives were only available by use of the non‐urethane N‐protected glycosyl acceptors 4 and 5. Palladium‐catalyzed hydrogenolysis and subsequent hydrazinolysis of the benzylated compound 7 afforded L‐cysteinyl‐S‐α‐D‐glucoside 1, a novel S‐glycosyl amino acid.
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