“…Upon completion (monitored by TLC), the mixture was quenched with 10 mL NH 4 Cl (aq. 1 5, 148.1, 147.0, 144.0, 133.4, 131.4, 129.9, 127.7, 121.0, 108.5, 107.1, 101.2, 58.1, 55.3, 47.4, 45.2, 43.7, 36.4, 22.7, 21.6 Synthesis of ketal compound 13:E thylene glycol (11 mL, 0.10 mmol), pTSA (3.3 mg, 0.02 mmol) and CH(OMe) 3 (11 mL, 0.20 mmol) were added to as olution of compound 12 (40 mg, 0.10 mmol) in dry benzene (5 mL) at room temperature. The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 .T he residue was concentrated in vacuo and purified by flash chromatography on silica (eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate 1:1) to affordt he alcohol 9 (72 mg, 8, 144.2, 132.1, 129.8, 129.3, 127.7, 127.0, 124.9, 118.8, 108.4, 105.5, 101.1, 65.0, 60.4, 42.2, 32.7, 29.8, 21.7, 21.6 Synthesis of compound 10:N aBH 3 CN (77 mg, 1.22 mmol) and trifluoroacetic acid (2 mL, 27 mmol) were added to asolution of compound 9 (420 mg, 1.01 mmol) in dry CH 2 Cl 2 (30 mL) at room temperature.…”