A. Chiaroni et al., STRUCTURE OF METHYL (2S,6'R)-2-AMINO-2-1, ISOPROPYLIDENE-ALPHA-D-GALACTOPYRANOS-6-YL)ACETATE, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 49, 1993, pp. 828-830
The relative stereochemistry of the major synthetic product beta-glyco
syl-beta-hydroxy-alpha-amino ester has been established as 2S,6'R. The
two molecules of the asymmetric unit adopt a similar conformation whe
reby an intramolecular hydrogen bond N-H...O-H fixes the amino ester i
n a planar conformation. All intermolecular hydrogen bonds linking A t
o A, B to B, A to B and B to A form infinite chains along the a axis.