(2S,3R,4R,5R)-3,4-Dihydr-oxy-5-(hydroxy-meth-yl)pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid [(2S,3R,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydr-oxy-5-(hydroxy-meth-yl)proline].

Best D, Jenkinson SF, Thompson AL, Watkin DJ, Wilson FX, Nash RJ, Fleet GWJ

The crystal structure of the title compound, C(6)H(11)NO(5), establishes the relative configuration at the four stereogenic centres; the absolute configuration is determined by the use of d-glucuronolactone as the starting material for the synthesis. Mol-ecules are linked by inter-molecular O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network, with each mol-ecule acting as a donor and acceptor for five hydrogen bonds.