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phosphitylation differ, with alpha mercaptan 1 being
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27. Experimental procedures and spectral data. Compound 3c:
Dibenzyl N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite (0.09 mmol,
30.1 mg) was added to a solution of 1 (0.05 mmol,
18.6 mg) and tetrazole (0.15 mmol, 10.8 mg) in acetonitrile
(0.80 mL) at 0 °C. After 2 h at 23 °C, triethylborane (1 M
in hexanes, 0.052 mmol, 5.2 mg) was added, and a slow
stream of compressed air was bubbled through the
reaction for 15 min. Concentration and then chromatog-
raphy with 2:3 ethyl acetate/hexanes as the eluant
provided 24 mg of 3c: Rf 0.27 (1:1 ethyl acetate/hexanes);
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) (all d in ppm, then multi-
plicity, J in Hz, integral or assignments based on COSY
analysis) 7.31–7.35 (m, Ph–H’s), 5.96 (d, 8.4, –NHAc),
5.82 (dd, 8.4, 10.4, H-3), 5.12 (dd, 11.6, 13.2, –CHPh), 5.07
(app t, 11.2, –CHPh), 5.03 (app t, 11.6 –CHPh), 5.03 (t,
9.6, H-4), 4.93 (dd, 9.2, 11.2, –CHPh), 4.69 (dd, 6.8, 9.2,
H-1), 4.55 (dddd, 6.8, 8.4, 10.0, 31.2, H-2), 4.34 (dddd, 2.4,
5.2, 8.4, 9.6, H-5), 4.12 (dd, 5.2, 12.4, H-6), 3.98 (dd, 2.4,
12.4, H-60), 2.02 (s, 2 –COCH3). 2.01 (s, –COCH3), 1.57 (s,
–COCH3); 13C NMR (100 MHz) 171.2, 170.6, 170.2,
169.2, 135.5 (d, 6.1), 135.4 (d, 6.1), 128.8, 128.74 (3C’s),
128.68 (2C’s), 128.6 (2C’s), 128.4 (2C’s), 75.1 (d, 120.6),
72.8 (d, 2.3), 70.1, 69.2 (d, 7.6), 67.9, 67.7 (d, 7.6), 61.8,
50.3 (d, 2.3), 22.7, 20.7, 20.64, 20.62; 31P NMR (121 MHz)
88.24; ESI-MS m/z 630 MNa+. Compound 2c: A solution
of 1 (1.42 mmol, 514 mg) in dichloromethane (3.14 mL)
was added via a cannula to a solution of dibenzyl N,N-
diisopropylphosphoramidite (5.94 mmol, 2.05 g), 1-meth-
ylbenzimidazolium triflate (5.66 mmol, 1.60 g) and pow-
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dered, activated 4-A molecular sieves in 1:1
dichloromethane/acetonitrile (6.29 mL), held at ꢁ52 °C
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