“…Activating reagents for glycosylations with glycosyl fluoride have been studied intensively and various types of reagents have been developed such as SnCl 2 /AgClO 4, 102 SnCl 2 /TrClO 4, 107 SnCl 2 /AgOTf,128 SiF 4 ,129 Me 3 SiOTf,129 BF 3 ⋅OEt 2 ,130 TiF 4 ,131 SnF 4 ,131 [Cp 2 MCl 2 ]/AgClO 4 (M=Ti, Zr, Hf; Cp=cyclopentadiene),132 [Cp 2 ZrCl 2 ]/AgBF 4 133 [Cp 2 HfCl 2 ]/AgOTf,133, 134 Bu 2 Sn(ClO 4 ) 2 ,135 Me 2 GaCl,136 Tf 2 O,137 LiClO 4 ,138 Yb(OTf) 3 ,139 La(ClO 4 ) 3 ⋅ n H 2 O,140 La(ClO 4 ) 3 ⋅ n H 2 O/Sn(OTf) 2, 141 Yb/Amberlyst 15,142 sulfated zirconia,143 TrB(C 6 F 5 ) 4 ,144, 145 TfOH,145–147 HClO 4 ,147 HB(C 6 F 5 ) 4 ,147 carbocations (B(C 6 F 5 ) 4 − and TfO − salts),148 SnCl 2 /AgB(C 6 F 5 ) 4 ,149 SnCl 4 /AgB(C 6 F 5 ) 4 ,150 Ce(ClO 4 ) 3 151. Our original activator, SnCl 2 /AgClO 4, was effectively applied in the synthesis of several types of glycosphingolipids (Scheme )152, 153 and of cyclodextrin (Scheme ) 154.…”