Ethyl 4,6-O-benzyl-idene-2-de-oxy-N-phthalimido-1-thio-β-d-glucopyran-oside.

In the title compound, C(23)H(23)NO(6)S, the plane of the N-phthalimido group makes a dihedral angle of 67.4 (1)° with the least square plane of the sugar ring defined by the C2, C3, C5 and O5 atoms using standard glucose nomenclature. The thio-ethyl group has the exo-anomeric conformation. In the crystal, inter-molecular hydrogen bonds involving the hy-droxy groups and the carbonyl O atoms of adjacent N-phthalimido groups form chains parallel to the b axis. The chains are further stabilized by C-H⋯π inter-actions.