“…[12c] Although thiourea have been recently employed for glycosylation [11] and acetalization [13] of alcohols, its acidity was insufficient to activate trichloroacetimidate. [11a,b] We envisioned that asoft and mild Lewis acid, such as 2-iodoazolium salt [14] (R 2 ¼ 6 H) as halogen bond (XB) donor, [15][16][17] used as ac o-catalyst would interact with the soft Lewis basic moiety of thiourea [18] to increase the HB-donating ability of thiourea, [19] so that the LG could be activated [20] with wide functional group tolerance.The produced N-acylorthoamides [21] would serve as intermediates for thermodynamically favored b-N-glycosides [10] (Scheme 1a,p ath d, Nu = amide), and offer au nique traceless N-glycofunctionalization of amide,i mpacting on prodrug synthesis.I nf act, during the course of our investigation on the rearrangement of Nacylorthoamide to N-glycoside (path d), we have developed an ew type of Brønsted-acid-salt catalyst, comprised of Brønsted acid and 2-halogenated azole,w hich was found to be an efficient catalyst for the direct N-glycosylation of various amides using the same glycosyl trichloroacetimidates (path band/or paths aa nd d).…”