SUMMARYThe effect of basis set quality and glycosidic conformation on the calculated chemical shieldings of the C-1 and C-4 glycosidic carbon atoms of some naturally and commercially important model β-(1 → 4), α-(1 → 4) and α-(1 → 3) linkage systems have been investigated using ab initio molecular orbital coupled Hartree-Fock gauge included atomic orbital (CHF-GIAO) methods. The STO-3G, 3-21G, 4-31G and 6-31G * * basis sets have been tested in our calculations.