Efficient, large-scale preparation of (R)- and (S)-1-(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)ethanol, versatile chiral auxiliary for cyclopentenone, γ-butyrolactone, and γ-butyrolactam synthesis

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(96)00348-5

A particularly efficacious, low-cost preparation of both (R)- and (S)-triisopropylphenyl)-ethanol, useful chiral controllers in the dichloroketene-enol ether cycloaddition reaction, has been developed.