1,2,3,3',4',6'-Hexaacetyl-4,6-O-benzyl-idenesucrose.

In the title compound, C(31)H(38)O(17), the 1,3-dioxane and pyran-oside rings both show (4)C(1) chair conformations while for the d-fructofuran-oside moiety an envelop 3E conformation is observed. The phenyl ring is oriented almost perpendicular to the 1,3-dioxane ring [dihedral angle = 79.3 (2)°], and the acetate groups are equatorial for the pyran-oside ring and axial for the furan-oside ring. The analysis of potential hydrogen bonds shows both intra- and inter-molecular C-H⋯O contacts to be present.