The structure of the major product of the reaction of 1,2-dideoxy-3,4:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-l-C-nitro-~-arabino-hex-1-enitol with 30% hydrogen peroxide and aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate has been confirmed by X-ray crystallography to be that of 1,2-anhydro-3,4:5,6-di-0-isopropylidene-1 C-no-D-mannitol (2). The crystal structure of 2, C 12H 19N07, is orthorhombic, P212121, with cell dimensions a = 10.269(3), b = 15.115(7), c = 9.295(8) A, and Z = 4. The calculated density is D, = 1.336 gcm-3. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined to a residual R = 0.052. ' The molecule has a 2G-conformation having bond lengths and angles in agreement with those observed in related structures, except for the C(1)-C(2), C(2)-C(3), and O(2N)-N bond distances which were found to be unusually small. [Traduit par la revue]