“…Products were dried at room temperature under vacuum and stored under N 2 . The following compounds were prepared according to published procedures: 6-(methoxycarbonyl)-pyridine-3-carboxylic acid (1), [9] methyl 5-(chlorocarbonyl)pyridine-2-carboxylate, [10] myo-inositol-orthoformate, [11,12] 1,2:3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-α--galactose, [13] [VO(pic) 2 ], [14] K[VO 2 (pic) 2 ], [14] K[VO 2 (2,5dipic)]. [15] Analyses and Methods: Elemental analyses were carried out in the Analytical Laboratory of the Chemistry Department, University of Hamburg.…”