A new 1,4-anhydro pentose monomer having an azido group, 1,4-anhydro-3-azido-2-O-benzyl-3-deoxy-R-D-xylopyranose (A3ABX), was synthesized by benzylation of 1,4-anhydro-R-D-ribopyranose at the C2 hydroxyl group and subsequent trifluoromethylsulfonylation at the C3 hydroxyl group, followed by SN2 replacement of the trifluoromethylsulfonyl group with the azido group with lithium azide. Ringopening polymerization of A3ABX was attempted with Lewis acid catalysts such as boron trifluoride etherate, phosphorus pentafluoride, and antimony pentachloride at different temperatures between -60 and -20 °C. Boron trifluoride etherate catalyst gave a polymer with a positive specific rotation and with a single C1 absorption at 99 ppm in the 13 C NMR spectrum, indicating that the resulting polymer had a stereoregular 1,5-R furanosidic structure. When the polymerization was carried out by antimony pentachloride at -60 °C, the polymer obtained had a negative specific rotation and the C1 absorption shifted downfield to around 107 ppm, suggesting that the polymer might be composed of a 1,5-β furanosidic unit. Reduction of the azido group to an amino group and the benzyl group to a hydroxyl group gave 3-amino-3-deoxy-(1f5)-R-D-xylofuranan. The structural analysis of the polysaccharides was performed by means of high-resolution 1 H and 13 C NMR spectroscopies including the two-dimensional spectra of H-H COSY, NOESY, and FGHMQC.