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A modification of the Hakomori method was proposed for the methylation of carbohydrates, which includes the generation of methylsulfinyl anion using potassium tert-butoxide.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2834–2836, December, 1977.
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Bovin, N.V., Nesmeyanov, V.A. & Khorlin, A.Y. Methylation of carbohydrates with methyl iodide in presence of dimsilpotassium. Russ Chem Bull 26, 2622–2624 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00924589
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