title: 2-N-Benzyl-2,6-dide-oxy-2,6-imino-3,4-O-isopropyl-idene-3-C-methyl-d-allono-nitrile.
abstract: X-ray crystallography firmly established the relative stereochemistry of the title compound, C(17)H(22)N(2)O(3). The absolute configuration was determined by use of 2-C-methyl-d-ribonolactone as the starting material. The compound exists as O-H⋯N hydrogen-bonded chains of mol-ecules running parallel to the a-axis.
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Ayers
authors.forename: Sarah F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Jenkinson
authors.forename: George W J
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Fleet
authors.forename: Amber L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Thompson