Environmentally Benign Synthesis of 2,3-Unsaturated Glycopyranosides in Task-Specific Ionic Liquid

A green reaction condition has been developed for the synthesis of 2,3-unsaturated glycopyranosides by the Ferrier rearrangement of glycals using alcohols and thiols in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([BMIM]·OTf) in excellent yield. [BMIM]·OTf has been applied as a task specific ionic liquid organo-catalyst. Operational simplicity, environmentally benign reaction condition, use of task specific ionic liquid, short reaction time, high yields are the notable features of this methodology.