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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 22.
Published in final edited form as: Biochemistry. 2013 Jan 11;52(3):537–546. doi: 10.1021/bi301650d

Scheme 3.

Scheme 3

Reagents and conditions: (a) H2SO4, acetone, room temperature, 1.5 h, ~ 90%; (b) (i) LDA, THF, −78 °C, 2 h; (ii) EtOC(O)CN, THF, −78 °C, 50 min, 70–75%; (c) (i) NaOH/THF, room temperature, 3 h; (ii) Dowex 50WX8-100 (H+), H2O, 45 °C, 90–100%.