“…To increase the variety of the carbohydrate compounds; 1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-3-methylene-α-D-allofuranose (18) was synthetized, [8][9][10][11] and then used in further reactions. The preparation of compound 18 started from the 1,2:5,6-di-Oisopropylidene-α-D-glucofuranose, which compound was oxidized by Swern oxidation to afford the 1,2:5,6-di-Oisopropylidene-α-D-ribo-hexulofuranos-3-ulose.…”