The Molecular Structure of 1,2:5,6-Di-O-isopropylidene-3-O-toluenesulfonyl-a-D-glucofuranose

The crystal and molecular structure of 1,2:5,6-Di-O-isopropylidene-3-O-toluenesulfonyl-a-D-glucofuranose is reported. This compound crystallizes from a petroleum ether/ethyl acetate mixture with the chiral orthorhombic space group P212121 with four molecules in the unit cell. The unit cell parameters are: a = 9.7945(7), b = 10.1945(7), and c = 21.306(1), and V = 2127.4(2) Å3. Bond lengths and angles of this tosyl-protected glucofuranose are typical