N-Acetylation of (2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-a-D-glucopyranosyl) (2,3,4,6-tetra-0-acetyl-/?-D-glucopyranosyl)amine or bis(2,3,4,6-tetra-0-acetyl-/3-D-glucopyranosyl)amine afforded N-acetyl-bis(2,3, 4,6-tetra-0-acetyl-/3-D-glucopyranosyl)amine; deacetylation of the latter gave Af-acetyl-di-/3-Dglucopyranosylamine. Similarly, TV-acetylation of bis(2,3,4-tri-0-acetyl-/3-L-rhamnopyranosyl)amine led to ...