“…Elution with 98:2 benzene-2-propanol afforded two fractions. The first fraction (5 mg, 3.5%) could be the product of direct displacement, i.e., methyl 2-0-benzoyl-4,6-0benzylidene-3-O-methyl-a-D-mannopyranoside (15): ir (CHCI3) 1715 and 1265 cm-1 (C=0 and C-O stretch, benzoate); nmr (CDCI3) 8.2-7.2 (m, 10, two phenyl groups), 5.68 (s, 1, methine H from benzylidene group), 5.60 (unresolved m, 1, H-2), 4.85 (d, J 1,2 = 1.4 Hz, 1, H-l), 3.47 and 3.44 (two s, 6, C-l and C-3 methoxy groups). The second fraction (102 mg, 77.5%) was, according to ir and nmr spectra, the starting material 1.…”