A straightforward approach to macrocyclic structures containing deoxysugar subunits was developed through the functionalization of a bishemiketal. The choice of the length and the nature of the linkers can provide macrocycles with diverse rigidities and polarities.Carbohydrate-containing macrocycles and analogues represent highly interesting molecules in view of their diverse architectures and promising biological properties. 1 For instance, rigid cyclic glycolipids containing a phenylene-1,4-diamine subunit 2 have been prepared and may be used for modeling carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions at interfaces relevant to cell-cell adhesion and communication. Butane-1,4-diol-linked cyclic neooligoaminodeoxysaccharides 3 have been synthesized for studying the RNA-small molecules interactions and for their ability to be superior binders for RNA than natural aminoglycosides. Carbohydrate macrocycles may also be useful as functional molecular pores. 4 It has been reported by Bundle et al. 5 that tethered analogues of trisaccharide epitopes display enhanced affinity for the binding to a monoclonal antibody. Strained cyclic glycophanes containing glucal subunits 6 also represent potential cage molecules for the complexation of cations and small molecules. 7 Recently, we disclosed 8 the synthesis of bishemiketal intermediate 2 through an ozonolysis-diastereoselective reduction sequence on diolefin threo-1. 9This derivative was then efficiently converted into several amino-functionalized polyketides. Polyketide-like macrolides were also efficiently prepared from diolefin 1 (Scheme 1). 10 We report here the straightforward conversion of 2 into analogues of carbohydrate-containing macrocycles.Our strategy for the preparation of macrocyclic structures was based on the double functionalization of the hemiketal moieties of 2 through a C-glycosylation reaction followed by biscoupling with a linker to close the macrolide. Peracetylation of 2, followed by treatment with allyltrimethylsilane and BF 3 ·OEt 2 , under diluted conditions, 11 afforded the bisallyl derivative 4 in 71% yield (two steps), as a single isomer (Scheme 2). The equatorial arrangement of the substituents at C(2¢¢, 2¢¢¢), C(4¢¢, 4¢¢¢) and C(6¢¢, 6¢¢¢) was established by 2D NOESY experiment.Transformation of diolefin 4 into the corresponding diol, followed by coupling with biscarboxylic acids 12 failed to provide the corresponding cyclic bislactones. Alternatively, ozonolysis of 4 followed by oxidation of the resulting aldehyde moieties, in the presence of NaClO 2 , gave diacid 5 in 35% yield (three steps). A biscoupling reaction with linear polyamines such as pentane-1,5-diamine and nonane-1,9-diamine, using PyBOP (benzotriazol-1-yloxytripyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate) as Scheme 1 Preparation of amino-functionalized polyketides OH OH OP PO threo-1 P = BOM O OH PO OH OH O OP OH 2 NH 2 NH 2 OH NH 2 OH OH OH OH 3 ref. 8 55% Scheme 2 Synthesis of macrocyclic diamides. Reagents and conditions: (a) Ac 2 O, pyridine, DMAP (cat.); (b) H 2 C=CHCH 2 SiMe 3 ,