Glycals react smoothly with silyl nucleophiles such as allyltrimethylsilane, trimethylsilyl cyanide and trimethylsilyl azide in the presence of a catalytic amount of indium tribromide to give the corresponding 2,3-unsaturated allyl glycosides, glycosyl cyanides and glycosyl azides in excellent yields with high α-selectivity.
Ferrier rearrangement - indium reagents - pseudoglycals