The higher aptitude of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol for intramolecular hydrogen bond stabilization incarbohydrates is suggested. This belief, arising from the analysis by
1H NMR spectroscopy of the solventeffect of D
2O, DMSO-
d6, and 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol-
d3 on the isomeric equilibrium of caryophyllose, was alsoconfirmed by shifting of the conformational equilibria of
-ribopyranose and of its methyl glycoside.