D-Fructose, 6-azido-6-deoxy-

6-Azido-6-deoxy-D-fructose is a useful reagent in the preparation of the D-??mannosidase inhibitor (1-??deoxymannojirimycin) from 1,3,4,5-tetra-O-acetyl-D-fructopyranose via azidolysis.