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Bakers' yeast oxidation of methyl para-tolylsulfide: Synthesis of a chiral intermediate in the preparation of the mevinic acid-type hypocholestemic agents
Tang, Jenny,Brackenridge, Ian,Roberts, Stanley M.,Beecher, Jean,Willetts, Andrew J.
, p. 13217 - 13238 (1995)
The use of (R)-methyl-para-tolylsulfoxide as a chiral auxiliary in a novel synthesis of a key intermediate en route to mevinic acid-type hypocholestemic agents is described. The synthesis is short and simple consisting of eight steps to yield enantiomeric
