Originally mixed
acetals resulting from the
attachment of a
glycosyl group to a non-acyl group
RO–
(which itself may be derived from a
saccharide and chalcogen replacements thereof
(
RS–,
RSe–).
The bond between the
glycosyl group and the OR group is called a glycosidic bond. By extension, the terms
N-glycosides and
C-glycosides are used as class names for
glycosylamines and for compounds having a
glycosyl group attached to a hydrocarbyl group respectively.
These terms are misnomers and should not be used. The preferred terms are
glycosylamines and
C-glycosyl compounds, respectively.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1338
