Challenges in the stereocontrolled syntheses of β-rhamnosides

The stereocontrolled syntheses of the β(1,2-cis)-rhamnosides via inter- and intramolecular glycosidation reactions, reductive cleavage of 4,6-acetals, inversion of α-rhamnosidic linkages and modification of β-mannosides have been reviewed. The report contains 88 references.