Methyl 4,6-O-ethylidene-3-O,S-dimethyl-2-thio-α-d-altropyranoside, when heated in refluxing 1,2-dimethoxyethane with an equimolar quantity of metallic sodium, gave approximately a 75% yield of a mixture of the three olefins, methyl 2,3-didehydro-3-deoxy-4,6-O-ethylidene-S-methyl-2-thio-α-d-altropyranoside (XI), l,2-didehydro-l-deoxy-4,6-O-ethylidene-3-O,S-dimethyl-2-thio-d-ribo-hexopyranose (XII), and methyl 3,4-didehydro-3-deoxy-4,6-O-ethylidene-S-methyl-2-thio-α-d-erythro(or threo)-hexopyranoside (XIII) (tentative). Only compounds XI and XII could be separated and characterized. The structural assignments were based on a comparison with authentic samples and on nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared data, as well as on a comparison with the characteristics of analogous 4,6-O-benzylidene compounds previously reported (2).