“…[10] An example for one of the best investigated routes to the dimethyl compound 4 proceeds through the selective di-tosylation of 1 to produce the monoalcohol 2, which is cyclized to the "Č erný" epoxide 3. [24] This epoxide was converted in three steps to the 2,4-dideoxy-2,4-dimethyl-1,6-anhydro-β-d-glucopyranose derivative 4 by reaction with methylmagnesium chloride in the presence of catalytic amounts of cuprous bromide or iodide (Normant cuprate, Scheme 1). [20,25] The regioselectivity of the nucleophilic attack is controlled by the Fürst-Plattner Scheme 1. a) TsCl, acetone/pyridine, 1:1, 2 h, 0°C, 71 %; b) NaOMe, CH 2 Cl 2 , 2 h, room temp., 92 %; c) MeMgCl (4 equiv.…”