Trisaccharides embodying the Fuc ± a-(1-2)-Gal or the Fuc ± a-(1-2)-Glc substructure can be built up under neutral conditions by glycosylation of selectively deprotected glycosyl acceptor disaccharides with 2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl fucosyl fluoride in 0.07 m solutions of LiClO 4 in CH 2 Cl 2 . The glucosyl and the galactosyl trisaccharides, which are stereoisomers of the carbohydrate determinant of the human blood group H, are obtained in high yield and with complete a-selectivity. The glycosyl acceptor disaccharides with a deblocked 2-OH group in the saccharide unit are obtained by treatment of the respective 1,2-anhydro carbohydrates with glycosyl acceptors in 0.07 m LiClO 4 /CH 2 Cl 2 .