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ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF (R)-(+)-ETHYLMETHYL-n-PROPYLCARBINOL IN HIGH ENANTIOMERIC PURITY. A 1,3-OXATHIANE DERIVED FROM (+)-PULEGONE AS CHIRAL ADJUVANT
Eliel, Ernest L.,Lynch, Joseph E.,Kenan, William R. Jr.
, p. 2855 - 2858 (1981)
A chiral, conformationally locked 1,3-oxathiane has been prepared by 1,4-addition of benzyl mercaptan to (+)-pulegone followed by Na/NH3 reduction and condensation of the resulting hydroxythiol with paraformaldehyde.The utility of this chiral adjuvant is
