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Experimental for chapter 4.2<br />

Synthesis of (1R,2S,3R,4S,5S,6S)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-6-isopropyl-5-<br />

methylcyclohexane-1,2,3,4-tetraol (324)<br />

HO<br />

HCl (aq), THF<br />

O<br />

OH<br />

0 °C - rt<br />

OH<br />

HO<br />

HO<br />

HO<br />

1<br />

6<br />

5<br />

4<br />

Aqueous hydrochloric acid (0.3 cm 3 , 6M) was added <strong>to</strong> a solution of epoxide 309 in<br />

THF (0.3 cm 3 ) an ice bath at 0 °C which was allowed <strong>to</strong> warm <strong>to</strong> ambient temperature.<br />

Solvent was removed from the reaction after 8 hr, and the resulting oil was purified by<br />

flash chroma<strong>to</strong>graphy (2:1 <strong>to</strong> 2:3 petrol:EtOAc) <strong>to</strong> yield pentaol 324 (13 mg 81%) as<br />

colourless needles.<br />

OH<br />

2<br />

3<br />

OH<br />

R f : 0.30 (EtOAc); Mpt: 204-5 ºC (MeOH); [α] 23 D : –10.4 (c = 0.5, CHCl 3 ); MS m/z<br />

(ES+) 275 (100%, [M+H 2 O]Na + ); HRMS: found 275.1445, [M+H 2 O]Na + requires<br />

275.1465; IR ν max (film)/cm⎯¹ 3325 (br, O-H), 3161 (br, O-H), 2967 (m, C-H), 2913<br />

(m, C-H), 1471 (w, C-Me), 1100, 1058; ¹H-NMR (CD 3 OD, 500 MHz) δ 4.36 (d, 1H, J<br />

3.0, H6), 4.13 (t, 1H, J 3.0, H5), 4.08 (d, 1H, J 11.0, H7 a ), 3.90-3.86 (m, 2H, H3 or<br />

H4), 3.48 (d, 1H, J 11.0, H7 b ), 1.94 (p, 1H, J 7.0, CHMe 2 ), 1.69-1.63 (m, 1H, H2),<br />

1.16-1.12 (m, 6H, Me, i-Pr), 1.10 (d, 3H, J 7.0, i-Pr); ¹³C-NMR (CD 3 OD, 75.5 MHz) δ<br />

75.5 (CHOH), 73.7 (CHOH), 70.8 (CHOH), 69.1 (CHOH), 67.1 (C7), 50.4 (C2), 46.2<br />

(C1), 27.6, 27.0, 25.7, 18.6 (Me).<br />

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