A number of synthetic routes to the first pseudo-C-disaccharide ever prepared has been studied. The compound, methyl 7-((1S, 3R, 4R, 5S, 6S)-1-amino-3-hydroxymethyl-4, 5, 6trihydroxycyclohexyl)-6, 7-dideoxy-α-D-gluco-heptopyranoside (1), is structurally related to cellobiose, but includes a crucial amino-functionality at the pseudoanomeric centre. It was prepared by 1, 2-addition of the anion of methyl 6, 7-dideoxy-2, 3, 4-tri-O-benzyl-α-D-gluco ...