The synthesis of methyl 3-azido- and 3-amino-2,3-dideoxyhexopyranosiduronic acids and their methyl esters with the -
,β-
d-
arabino-, -
,β-
d-
ribo, and -
,β-
l-
lyxo configurations is presented. The conformations of the synthesized sugar amino acids and their precursors are discussed on the basis of
1H NMR data. The influence of the 5-carboxyl group on the pyranose ring conformation is assessed, and the bonding of the monosugar amino acids into dimeric glycotides, using conventional solution-phase peptide syntheses, is reported.