“…In the S-diastereoisomer at C-2, the α-pyranose ring adopts 2 C 5 chair conformation to fulfill the anomeric effect, and the coupling constants (J 3,4 = 7.8 Hz and J 4,5 = 3.1 Hz) are consistent with Langer's study (J 3,4 = 10.1 Hz and J 4,5 = 3.4 Hz). 13 The difference between coupling constants may be caused by a slight distortion of fructopyranose ring. The distance between H-1 and H-4 was 2.381 Å, whereas the distance between H-1 and H-3 was 3.905 Å (Figure 2, a).…”