Abstract The separate, radical denitration with Bu 3 SnH of the pyranose derivatives 3, 4, 9, and 10 gave in good yields exclusively the 'C-glycosides'5 and 11, respectively (Scheme 1). Similar reduction of the cyclohexyl derivatives 15, 16, 19 and 20 gave 4: 1 mixtures of 17, 18, 21 and 22, respectively, always with predominant formation of an axial C, H-bond. In the furanose series a divergent behaviour was observed for the D-mannose-derived nitro ...