Tetrakis[2-(2,3,4,6-tetraacetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-1-O-phenyl]porphy rin (T(o-glu)PPH2) and tetra[3-(2,3,4,6-tetraacetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-1-O-phenyl]porphyrin (T(m-glu)PPH2) were synthesized from the reaction of pyrrole with ortho-acetylglycosylated benzaldehyde and meta-acetylglycosylated benzaldehyde, respectively, by Lindsay's method. These free acetylglycosylated porphyrins were metallized into acetylglycosylated metalloporphyrins, chloro[tetra(o-2,3,4,6-tetraacetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-1-O-phenyl)porp hinato]iron (T(o-glu)PPFeCl), chloro[tetra(o-2,3,4,6-tetraacetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-1-O-phenyl)porp hinato]manganese (T(o-glu)PPMnCl), chloro[tetra(m-2,3,4,6-tetraacetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-1-O-phenyl)porp hinato]iron (T(m-glu)PPFeCl) [tetra(m -2,3,4,6-tetraacetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-1-O-phenyl)porphinato]mangane se T(m-glu)PPMnCl. The newly synthesized compounds were Characterized by UV-VIS spectroscopy,(HNMR)-H-1 and elemental analysis. The catalysis of these acetylglycosylated metalloporphyrins for cyclohexane oxidation with PhIO as an oxidant at room temperature and under atmospheric pressure was studied. The changes of the catalytic power of metalloporphyrins were observed when acetylglycosyl groups were introduced into porphyrin rings. In contrast with metalloporphyrins without sugar groups, cyclohexane oxidation catalyzed by acetylglycosylated metalloporphyrins have higher ratio of cyclohexanol to cyclohexanone as well as reaction rates and yields. The catalytic turnover numbers of acetylglycosylated metalloporphyrins were doubled compared to metalloporphyrins without sugar groups. The results indicated that acetylglycosylated metalloporphyrins had better antioxidative stability than metalloporphyrins without sugar groups.