Synthesis of 7: Diethyl azodicarboxylate solution (40 wt% soluion in toluene, 3.40 mL,
7.50 mmol) was added drop-wise to a solution of S-2 (1.06 g, 2.92 mmol), N-(tert-
butoxycarbonyl)-p-toluenesulfonamide (1.22 g, 4.50 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (2.36
g, 9.00 mmol) in THF (40 mL) at rt. After stirred overnight, the solvent was removed and
the residue filtered through a pad of silica gel to give a mixture of the desired product and
Ph3P. The mixture was then dissolved in Et2O (24 mL) and treated with LiMe (9.10 mL,
14.5 mmol) at -20 °C. Water was added slowly after 15 min and the cold bath was then
removed. The organic layer was separated and aqueous phase extracted with ether. The
combined organic solution was dried with MgSO4, filtered and concentrated. The residue
was dissolved in THF (15 mL) and treated with TBAF (4.80 mL, 4.80 mmol) at rt. The
reaction was kept at rt for 2 h and then poured into water (40 mL). Ether was added and
organic layer separated. The water layer was extracted with ether. The organic solutions
were combined, dried with MgSO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue
was chromatographed (silica gel, ether) to give 7 (0.95 g, 81%). IR (neat, cm-1) 3499,
3278, 1323, 814, 662, 550; 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) 7.74 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.30
(d, J = 8.4 Hz, 2H), 4.81 (t, J = 6.0 Hz, 1H), 3.61-3.55 (m, 2H), 2.97-2.91 (m, 2H), 2.86-
2.81 (m, 4H), 2.42 (s, 3H), 2.34-2.26 (m, 4H), 2.14-2.06 (m, 2H), 1.79 (t, J = 5.7 Hz,
1H), 1.66-1.50 (m, 4H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) 143.6, 142.8, 137.3, 130.0, 127.4,
122.0, 62.2, 43.0, 31.0, 30.6, 30.5, 29.8, 28.0, 25.0, 21.8; ESI HRMS m/z (M+Na)+calcd
424.1045, obsd 424.1043.
MeO
MeO
O
b
a
HO
OTBS
HO
OTBS
TsHN
OH
S-1
S-3
9
Reaction conditions: a. Ph3PCH2OMeCl, NaHMDS, THF, 59%; b. 1. TsNHBoc, Ph3P,
DEAD, THF, rt, 2. LiMe, -20 °C, Et2O, 3. TBAF, THF, rt, 70%.
Synthesis of S-3: To a suspension of methoxymethyltriphenylphosphonium chloride
(27.4 g, 80.0 mmol) in THF (160 mL) was added NaHMDS solution (1.0 M in THF, 80.0
mL, 80.0 mmol) at 0 °C. The resulting reaction mixture was stirred at 0 °C for 0.5 h and
then treated with S-1 (5.2 g, 20.0 mmol). The reaction was stirred overnight and warmed
to rt. Water was added, followed by ether. The organic layer was separated and aqueous
layer extracted twice with ether. The combined organic layers were dried with MgSO4
and concentrated in vacuo. Chromatography through silica gel gave S-3 as a 2:3 mixture
of isomers (3.40 g, 59%). IR (neat, cm-1) 3363, 1255, 1100, 836; 1H NMR (300 MHz,
CDCl3) 5.78 (s, 0.4H), 5.73 (s, 0.6H), 3.56-3.52 (m, 4H), 3.49 (s, 1.2H), 3.46 (s, 1.8H),
2.10 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 1.2H), 2.02, (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 1.8H), 1.92-1.83 (m, 2H), 1.59-1.50 (m,
4H), 0.84 (s, 9H), -0.01 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) 142.8, 142.6, 117.4, 116.9,
63.4, 62.8, 62.5, 61.5, 59.5, 59.3, 31.4, 31.3, 31.2, 29.9, 28.0, 27.7, 26.1, 23.3, 22.6, 18.5,
-5.1; ESI HRMS m/z (M+Na)+ calcd 311.2013, obsd 311.2006.
Synthesis of 9: Compound 9 was synthesized from S-3 by following the same procedure
described for the synthesis of 7. IR (neat, cm-1) 3499, 3280, 1323, 1128, 662, 550; 1H
NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) 7.70, 7.68 (2d, J = 8.1, 8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.25 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 2H),
5.72 (s, 1H), 5.44-5.36 (m, 1H), 3.54-3.43 (m, 5H), 2.82 (q, J = 8.1 Hz, 2H), 2.68 (t, J =
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