Abstract: The non-covalent imprinting procedure was used for the preparation of polymers selective for various carbohydrate derivatives, i.e. peracetylated phenyl alpha- and beta-D-glycosides of galactose. The selectivities of the resulting polymers were tested in a HPLC procedure. The selectivity was influenced by the anomeric configuration of the glycoside (alpha- or beta-configuration). Thus, a polymer prepared with p-aminophenyl beta-galactoside as print molecule; gave,a relatively high selectivity (alpha = 1.27) for the beta-galactoside over the alpha-galactoside, whereas a polymer prepared with the corresponding alpha-galactoside showed no or low selectivity towards the alpha-glycoside (alpha = 1.02). Moreover, the structure of the aglycon was important. Thus, the use of aminophenyl glycosides as print molecules resulted in polymers with induced selectivity, whereas the use of the corresponding nitrophenyl- and acetaminophenyl-galactosides gave no induced selectivity