Addressing the scope of the azide–nitrile cycloaddition in glycoconjugate chemistry. The assembly of C-glycoclusters on a calix[4]arene scaffold through tetrazole spacers

New glycoclusters constituted of ribosylmethyl, galactosylmethyl, and glucosylmethyl fragments assembled on a calix[4]arene platform by means of propoxytetrazole spacers have been prepared by coupling the corresponding sugar azides with p-toluenesulfonyl cyanide, and then reacting 1-glycosylmethyl-5-sulfonyl-tetrazole derivatives thus formed with a calix[4]arene tetrol.