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Addition of dichlorocarbene to the glycal (+/-)-2 followed by cyclopropyl-a
llyl rearrangement leads to the chloro-2H-pyran (+/-)-4. Oxidation of (+/-)
-4 and reduction of the obtained hydroxypyranone (+/-)-5 gave the methyl py
ranoside (+/-)-6. The relative configuration of (+/-)-6 was established by
X-ray structural analysis of the corresponding acetate (+/-)-7. The synthes
is of the optically active starting materials (+)-2 and (-)-2 is also repor
ted.