5-(2,2-Dimethyl-4a,6,7,7a-tetrahydro-2H,-4H-[1,3]dioxino[5,4-b]pyrrol-4-yl)-2,2-dimethyl-4,5-dihydro-2H-1,3-dioxole-4-methanol, C14H25NO5, M(r) =287.4, trigonal, P3(2)21, a = 11.831 (2), c = 19.948 (7) angstrom, V = 2418.1 angstrom3, Z = 6, D(x) = 1.18 g cm-3, A(Mo Ka) = 0. 71069 angstrom, mu = 0.54 cm-1, F(000) = 936, room temperature, R = 0.0707, wR = 0.0780 for 1628 unique reflections. The structure of the title compound shows it to contain S, R, S stereochemistry at C1, C8a and C8 (castanospermine numbering), respectively. Molecules dimerize in a head-to-tail manner in the solid state through O-H...N hydrogen bonds.