Convergent synthesis and inclusion properties of novel Cn-symmetric triazole-linked cycloglucopyranosides.

We present a convergent synthetic approach based on CuAAC to three carbon-linked cycloglucopyranosides displaying two, four, and six sugar residues, respectively, and triazole rings as interglycosidic spacers. The term with the largest cavity proved to serve as the host of 8-anilino-1-naphthalene-sulfonate.