“…A mixture of alcohol 9 (2.80 g, 9.84 mmol), CH 2 Cl 2 (90 mL), S -acetylthioacetic acid (1.45 g, 10.8 mmol), EDC (2.08 g, 10.8 mmol), and DMAP (602 mg, 4.94 mmol) was stirred for 3 h at room temperature and then washed with 0.1 M citric acid (50 mL) and brine (100 mL), dried over Na 2 SO 4 , and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by column chromatography (cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 3:1) to yield 10 (2.65 g, 6.63 mmol, 67%) as a colorless oil.…”