Crystal structure of (-)-(2R,3S,4R,5R)-5-(1,3-di-thian-2-yl)-3-methyl-1-(triiso-propyl-sil-yloxy)hexane-2,4-diol.

The title compound, C20H42O3S2Si, crystallized with two independent mol-ecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit. They consist of syn,anti,anti-stereo-tetrads with a 1,3-di-thiane motif and a primary alcohol protected as the triisopropyl silyl ether. The 1,3-di-thiane ring adopts a chair conformation, while the rest of each mol-ecule displays a common zigzag conformation. There is an intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond in each mol-ecule. In the crystal, the A and B mol-ecules are linked via O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming -A-B-A--B-- chains along [010]. The absolute structure was determined by resonant scattering (anomalous scattering) [Flack parameter = 0.035 (8)].