Reaction of 2-amino-3',5'-bis(0-tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-~-D-arabinofuran[l',2':4,5]-2-oxazoline with 2-chloroethylsulfonyl chloride in the presence of sodium bicarbonate followed by removal of the protecting groups gave 2',3-anhydro-4-~-D-arabinofuranosyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-1,2,4-thiadiazin-3-one 1,l-dioxide (5), which by treatment with ammonia was converted to 4-~-D-arabinofuranosyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-1,2,4-thiadiazin-%one 1,l-dioxide (6). The structure of compound 5 was unequivocally established by means of an x-ray diffraction analysis. The compound crystallized in the space group P2,2,2, with unit cell dimensions a = 5.883(3), b = 9.352(2), c = 18.769(7) A , Z = 4. Its structure was established by direct multisolution techniques and refined by the full matrix least squares method to a final R value of 0.058 for the 1515 reflections observed.