Single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, 13C CP/MAS NMR, and DFT-GIAO calculations of methyl 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-d-galactopyranosyl)-α-d-glucopyranoside and methyl 2,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-3-O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-d-galacto

Single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, 13C CP/MAS NMR, and DFT-GIAO calculations of shielding constants were performed for methyl 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-d-galactopyranosyl)-α-d-glucopyranoside (1) and methyl 2,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-3-O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-d-galactopyranosyl)-α-d-glucopyranoside (2). 1 crystallizes with three molecules whereas 2 with two molecules in an independent part of the unit cell. The macroscopic sample of 1 consists of one polymorph, while for 2 two or three polymorphs were detected. The existence of different numbers of the molecules in the asymmetric units as well as different numbers of polymorphs of 1 and 2 was verified by solid-state NMR spectroscopy.