Treatment of trehalose or sucrose with triphenylphosphine, di-isopropyl azodicarboxylate, and palmitic acid results in the formation of the corresponding 6,6′-dipalmitates–analogues of ‘cord factor’–in good yield under exceptionally mild conditions.
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Bottle et al. (1984) studied this question.