Substituent group distribution in ally1 cellulose, resulting from the base-catalyzed condensation of sodium allyl sulfate with cotton cellulose and having a degree of substitution of 0.07, was found to be 0.7: 0.2:l.O in the 2-0-, 3-0-, and 6-0-positions of the anhydroglucose units. Several new glucose derivatives were prepared in the syntheses of the 2-0-, 3-0-, and 6-0-allyl-D-glucoses.Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 46, 667 (1968) Introduction As a part of a program to characterize the reactivities of the hydroxyl groups of the Dglucopyranosyl units of cotton cellulose toward mono-and polyfunctional reagents, we have studied the substituent group distribution resulting from the base-catalyzed condensation of sodium allyl sulfate with cotton cellulose. In order to identify the 2-0-, 3-0-, and 6-0-allyl-Dglucoses obtained from the hydrolytic cleavage of the molecular chain of the modified cotton cellulose, it has been necessary to synthesize and characterize several new derivatives of glucose. These were prepared by the nucleophilic substitution reaction on allyl bromide with the alkoxide group of a selected glucose derivative. Substituent groups on glucose hydroxyls which were stable to the conditions of the reactions, yet easily removed by acid hydrolysis after introduction of the allyl group, were employed to block all the hydroxyl groups which were to be free in the final product. The requirement of stable blocking groups in basic reaction media for the preparation of 2-0-, 3-0-, and 6-0-substituted