Syntheses of p-trifluoroacetamidophenyl glycosides of the haptenic pentasaccharide and the non-reducing disaccharide unit of the title pentasaccharide are reported. The synthesis of the terminal N-formylkansosamine unit started from methyl 6-deoxy-2,3-O-isopropylidene-alpha-L-lyxo- hexopyran-4-uloside which, after C-3 methylation, was transformed into a glycosyl donor [3-O-benzyl-4-N-benzylformamido-4,6-dideoxy-3-C-methyl-2-O-methyl- alpha,beta-L-mannopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate (20), and used for the synthesis of p-trifluoroacetamidophenyl (4-formamido-4,6-dideoxy-3-C-methyl-2-O-methyl-alpha-L-mannopyranosyl)- (1-->3)-6-deoxy-2-O-methyl-alpha-D-mannopyranoside (29). Ethyl (3-O-benzyl-4-N-benzylformamido-4,6-dideoxy-3-C-methyl-2-O-methyl- alpha-L-mannopyranosyl)-(1-->3)-4-O-benzyl-6-deoxy-2-O-methyl-1-thio- alpha-D-mannopyranoside (31), prepared by glycosylation of ethyl 4-O-benzyl-6-deoxy-2-O-methyl-1-thio-alpha-D-mannopyranoside with 20, served as glycosyl donor in a 2 + 3 block synthesis of the title pentasaccharide.