Asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of sorbaldehyde O-methyloxime 1d with chiral chloronitroso derivative 2 of D-mannose, followed by osmylation of the primary cycloadduct, led to diol 6a with excellent enantioselectivity (ee > 99%; Scheme 1). Catalytic hydrogenolysis of 6a gave 1,6-dideoxy-D-allo-nojirimycin (7a). Nucleophilic ring opening of cyclic sulfate 8 allowed a straightforwvard synthesis of 1,6-dideoxy-D-nojirimycin (11) and of 1,6-dideoxy-D-gulo-nojirimycin (12; Scheme 2).