“…A solution of 5 (8.5 mg, 0.014 mmol) in NaOEt/EtOH 0.01 M (0.12 mL, 1.2 × 10 −3 mmol) was stirred at room temperature under nitrogen for 24 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by Chromatotron chromatography (hexanes−EtOAc, 40:60) to give compound 38 (5.2 mg, 0.01 mmol, 70%) as a crystalline solid: mp 134.4−135.6 °C (from n-hexane− EtOAc); [α] D +11.9 (c, 0.27, CHCl 3 ); IR (CHCl 3 ) 2996, 1428, 1243, 1229, 1113 cm −1 ; 1 H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl 3 , simulated coupling constants using DAISY) δ H 1.07 (9H, s), 1.37 (3H, s), 1.39 (3H, s), 2.36 (1H, ddd, 2 J PH = 17.8 Hz, J = 16.3, 4.5 Hz, H2α), 2.59 (1H, ddd, 2 J PH = 7.9 Hz, J = 16.3, 4.5 Hz, H2β), 3.96 (1H, dd, J = 9.8, 6.0 Hz, H6a), 4.05 (1H, dd, J = 9.8, 7.6 Hz, H6b), 4.52 (1H, ddd, 3 J PH = 0.8 Hz, J = 6.9, 1.9 Hz, H4), 4.72 (1H, dddd, 3 J PH = 6.3 Hz, J = 7.6, 6.0, 1.9 Hz, H5), 4.81 (1H, dddd, 3 J PH = 24.6 Hz, J = 6.9, 4.5, 4. (39). A solution of 6 (4.8 mg, 0.0079 mmol) in NaOEt/EtOH 0.01 M (0.07 mL, 0.7 × 10 −3 mmol) was stirred at room temperature under nitrogen for 24 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by Chromatoron chromatography (hexanes−EtOAc, 40:60) to give 39 (3.2 mg, 6.0 × 10 3 mmol, 75%) as a crystalline solid: mp 171.8−173.2 °C (from n-hexane−EtOAc); [α] D +10.8 (c, 0.12, CHCl 3 ); IR (CHCl 3 ) 2997, 1229, 1113 cm −1 ; 1 H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl 3 , simulated coupling constants using DAISY) δ H 1.08 (9H, s), 1.35 (3H, s), 1.63 (3H, s), 2.11 (1H, ddd, 2 J PH = 6.6 Hz, J = 15.9, 4.0 Hz, H2α), 2.62 (1H, ddd, 2 J PH = 14.8 Hz, J = 15.9, 4.…”