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100 milligrams of 8 (0.198 mmol, 1.0 equivalents) was put into 4mL pyridine, with:

The mixture was then stirred for 12 hours at room temperature, and quenched
with aqueous sodium sulfite. The reaction mixture was extracted three times with:

The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate. This was then filtered and
concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was dissolved in:

This mixture was vigorously stirred for:

Then, the following compound was added to the reaction mixture:

This reaction mixture was extracted three times
with 40 mL of Ethyl Acetate. The organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and
concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude diol SI­09 (product 16) results .

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