“…Soc., preceding paper in this issue. (7) While seemingly straightforward, several structural-reactivity features of the disaccharide unit, in conjunction with the structure of the aglycone, rendered a direct coupling approach inoperative. Not the least problematic was construction of two /3-glycoside bonds, one an unusual 1-2/8 glycoside linkage the other the /3-glycosidic ester.…”