G. Sabitha, Chitti Srinivas, K. Sudhakar
Dec 1, 2007
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Synthesis
Abstract
An enantioselective route for the synthesis of (6 S)-5,6-dihydro-6-[(2 R)-2-hydroxy-6-phenylhexyl]-2 H-pyran-2-one is reported. The synthesis is based on epoxide ring opening with a Grignard reagent and stereoselective reduction employing catecholborane as key reactions.