A convenient preparative synthesis of 1-D-6-O-(2-amino-2-deoxy-α-D-glycopyranosyl)-chiro-inositol 1-phosphate (III) and -1,2-cyclic phosphate (IV) using D-chiro-inositol as starting material is reported. Compound III has been previously found to behave as type P inositolphosphoglycans (the putative second messengers of insulin-like growth factor I) in organotypic cultures of chicken embryo. The synthesis