Potassium Carbonate → 5-[2-tert-butyl-4-(hydroxymethyl)-5-methyl-phenyl]sulfanyl-4-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-2-(2-tetrahydrofuran-2-ylethyl)-3H-pyran-6-one

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The title compound was prepared as described in General Method 16a using 4-hydroxy-6-isopropyl-6-[2-(tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-ethyl]-5,6-dihydro-pyran-2-one (Example E-19; 0.98 mmol), toluene-4-thiosulfonic acid S-(2-tert-butyl-4-hydroxymethyl-5-methyl-phenyl)ester (Example BB-; 1.18 mmol), potassium carbonate (3.93 mmol) in DMF (5 mL). Flash chromatographed over silica gel using 10:90 EtOAc:CH2Cl2, mp 57-59° C. MS (APCI): 461 (M−H).

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