Enantiospecific synthesis of both enantiomers of 2-benzyloxydihydropyran-3- ones from arabinose

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-2005-861833

Approaches to the enantioselective synthesis of the useful building blocks (2R)- and (2S)-2-benzyloxy-2(H)-pyran-3(6H)-one (12 and 17, respectively) are described. The most direct and highly yielding route for the synthesis of 12 was based on the 'one-pot