The phosphorylation of disaccharides by inorganic cyclo-triphosphate (P(3m)) with a six-membered ring was examined in aqueoussolution. In the phosphorylation of cellobiose, lactose, and alpha,alpha-trehalose with P(3m), beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl 1-triphosphate, beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->4)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl 1-triphosphate, and 3-O-triphospho-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl