Methyl 4-O-β-D-xylo­pyranosyl β-D-manno­pyran­oside, a core disac­charide of an anti­freeze glycolipid

Comparisons are made of the title compound to the inter­nal linkage conformations in the two crystallographic forms of the structurally related disaccharide, methyl β-D-manno­pyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-xylo­pyran­oside).