“…A mixture of the tosylhydrazine 14 (405 mg, 0.94 mmol) and sodium acetate trihydrate (511 mg, 3.75 mmol) in 11 mL of ethanol was refluxed for 3 h. Ethanol was removed in vacuo, and the residue was purified by flash chromatography on a 15 g silica cartridge with DCM/MeOH, increasing ratio of MeOH from 0 to 10% in 20 min, the product eluted at 5% MeOH to provide a white solid (154 mg, 66%), m.p. : 164−166 °C; 1 H NMR (400 MHz, methanol-d 4 ) δ 4.83 (d, J = 3.6 Hz, 1H), 4.02−3.88 (m, 2H), 3.79 (dd, J = 11.7, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 3.65 (dd, J = 11.7, 5.0 Hz, 1H), 3.60−3.49 (m, 2H), 1.94 (s, 3H), 1.93−1.88 (m, 1H), 1.78 (dt, J = 12.7, 10.8 Hz, 1H), 1.25 (d, J = 6.3 Hz, 3H), 1.13 (d, J = 6.1 Hz, 3H); 13 (16). Isopropyl 2-acetamido-2,3-dideoxy-α-D-ribohexopyranoside 15 (143 mg, 0.58 mmol) was dissolved in HCl (aq) (2 M, 0.7 mL) and heated at 100 °C for 2 h. Subsequent evaporation of the volatiles provided the product (107 mg, 92%) as a brown syrup.…”