The molecule is an amino disaccharide that is D-glucopyranose in which the hydroxy group at position 3 has been converted into the corresponding 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl derivative. It is an amino disaccharide, a glycosylglucose derivative and a member of acetamides. It derives from a D-glucopyranose and a N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine.
N-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-2-[(3R,4S,5R,6R)-2,3,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-4-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]acetamide