Amine-linked pseudodisaccharides based on valienamine were synthesised by C-N bond-forming reactions between valienol-derived C-1 electrophiles and carbohydrate nitrogen nucleophiles. Palladium-catalysed coupling with trichloroacetimidate leaving groups, Mitsunobu reactions with a nosylamide nucleophile, and alkylation of amines by C-1 bromides were investigated.