“…The light yellow syrup was dissolved in CH 2 Cl 2 , washed with saturated NaHCO 3 and water, then dried with Na 2 SO 4 and evaporated to dryness. The product was purified by column chromatography (6 : 1 hexanes : ethyl acetate) to afford the target compound as a clear syrup (1.99 g, 88% overall yield; 3.9 : 1 distribution of a-rhamno-and b-quinovo-isomers): [a] 22 D +1.98 (c 1.0, CHCl 3 ); 1 H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl 3 ) d 8.09-7.19 (m, 10H, Ar-H), 6.19 (d, 1H, J = 2.0 Hz, H-1), 5.61 (dd, 1H, J = 3.8, 9.1 Hz, H-3), 4.62 (ABq, 2H, J = 11 Hz, PhCH 2 O-), 4.52 (dd, 1H, J = 2.0, 3.8 Hz, H-2), 3.99 (dq, 1H, J = 6.2, 9.5 Hz, H-5), 3.98 (dd ≈ t, 1H, J = 9.3 Hz, H-4), 2.14 (s, 3H, -C(O)CH 3 ), 1.37 (d, 3H, J = 6.2 Hz, H-6); 13 (m, 10 H, Ar-H), 5.53 (dd, 1H, J = 3.7, 9.2 Hz, H-3), 5.37 (s, 1H, H-1), 4.71 (dd, 1H, J = 1.2, 3.6 Hz, H-2), 4.69 (Abq, 2H, J = 10.9 Hz, PhCH 2 O-), 4.26 (dq, 1H, J = 6.3, 9.4 Hz, H-5), 3.80 (dd ≈ t, 1H, J = 9.3 Hz, H-4), 2.64 (m, 2H, SCH 2 CH 3 ), 1.37 (d, 3H, J = 6.3 Hz, H-6), 1.27 (t, 3H, SCH 2 CH 3 ); 13…”