“…A 10 L sample was injected for each analysis. 16 Potassium carbonate (0.5 g, 3.6 mmol, 0.1 equiv) was added to a solution of tri-O-acetyl-D-glucal (10.0 g, 36.7 mmol, 1.0 equiv) in MeOH (70 mL) and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 h. After completion, the mixture was filtered through Celite and concentrated on a rotary evaporator to give D-glucal as a viscous oil in quantitative yield (~5.3 g). The obtained crude product (5.3 g, 36.4 mmol) was dissolved in a mixture of dry CH 2 Cl 2 (73 mL) and dry pyridine (73 mL), cooled to 0 °C, and treated with p-toluenesulfonyl chloride (10.4 g, 54.6 mmol, 1.5 equiv).…”