The crystal structure of the title compound, C24H28O8, has been determined.
The conformation of the furanose ring can be described as 58% ideal envelo
pe E-O conformer and 42% ideal twisted T-O(1) conformer. The 1,3-dioxane ri
ng adopts a chair conformation with the anhydro-O atom pointing upwards. Bo
th phenyl rings are quasi-perpendicular to the mean plane of the furanose r
ing. The hydrogen bonding is intermolecular and consists of infinite chains
parallel to the a axis.