“…[8] Some nitromational feature of the transition state mannopyranosyl alkanes and alkanols have successfully been applied [9] [10] in cation predicted in hydrolysis of mannopyranosides, it the reaction of glutaraldehyde, producing some unaccessible seemed rather difficult to correlate the structures of the branched-chain aminocyclitols. Deseveral glycosidases, only 1-and 1-(1,2,3,5/4) (2), and O-acetylation of the compounds under Zemplén con-(1,2,3,4,5/0) isomers (3) have been shown to be weak inhibiditions [12] led to a separable mixture of products, and, after tors of Jack beans α-mannosidase (IC 50 ϭ 1Ϫ10 ϫ 10 Ϫ5 ).silica gel chromatography, three stereoisomers of the 5-acet-In fact, compounds 2 and 3 are likely to resemble mannosamido-5-C-methyl-1,2,3,4-cyclopentanetetrol derivatives 9, tatin A in configurations the all-cis relationships of the 10, and 11 were obtained in 16, 10, and 1% yields, respecamino and consecutive three hydroxy groups, suggesting tively, based on the inositol derivative used [13] . Recently, Winkler rived by treatment of -1,2-O-cyclohexylidene-myo-inosiand his coworkers [4] have proposed adequate corretol [11] with excess of sodium metaperiodate has been carried lationship by comparing the structures of some α-mannoout for synthesis of the target compounds.…”