<jats:p>A recent investigation of <jats:italic>Kögl, Salemink and Schuller</jats:italic> established the constitution of muscaridin as the quaternary trimethylammonium salt of 6‐amino‐2,3‐dihydroxyhexane.<jats:p>The present communication gives a preliminary description of a synthesis which started from 2,3‐dihydropyran, leading to racemic muscaridin. The synthetic product gives the same R<jats:sub>F</jats:sub>‐value and a fully similar infrared spectrum as the natural base.