“…[α]${{{20\hfill \atop {\rm D}\hfill}}}$ : +18.0 ( c 1.00 in H 2 O) [lit 31. [α]${{{20\hfill \atop {\rm D}\hfill}}}$ : +19.5 ( c 2.15 in H 2 O), lit: [32] [α]${{{20\hfill \atop {\rm D}\hfill}}}$ : +21.0 ( c 0.92 in H 2 O)}; 1 H NMR (400 MHz, D 2 O): δ =3.96 (m, 2 H), 3.87 (dd, J =9.7, 2.5 Hz, 1 H), 3.79 (d, J =4.1 Hz, 1 H), 3.76 (m, 1 H), 3.05 (dd, J =14.1, 1.8 Hz, 1 H), 2.95 (dt, J =9.3, 4.4, 4.4 Hz, 1 H), 2.87 (ddd, J =14.2, 1.5, 1.5 Hz, 1 H); 13 C NMR (101 MHz, D 2 O): δ =70.1, 68.6, 65.6, 60.2, 55.6, 44.3;31,32 HR‐MS‐ESI: m / z= 164.0928, calcd. for C 7 H 16 NO 4 : 164.0923 [M+H + ].…”