Abstract Treatment of dimethylhydroquinone dimethyl ethers (ortho and meta isomers) with glycopyranose pentaacetates (D-gluco, D-galacto) in the presence of SnCl 4 and F 3 CCO 2 Ag selectively afforded the corresponding C-β-D-glycosyl derivatives by aromatic electrophilic substitution. Oxidation of the dimethoxybenzene moiety with ceric ammonium nitrate delivered C-β-D-glycosyl-dimethylbenzoquinones, which were reduced with Na 2 S ...