A new convenient synthetic procedure for the preparation of tri- and tetrafluoropropanamides derived from sugars has been described. The conformations of fluorinated amides calculated for isolated molecules and those in the crystal state have been compared. In contrast to single α-fluorine substituted amides, which preferred the anti conformation around the F–C–CO bond, for tetrafluorinated amides the additional trifluoromethyl group forces the conformation of the F–C–CO bond to be nearly syn.