Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Chiral synthons - (S)-5-hydroxymethyl-5(H)-furan-2-one and its t-butyldime-thylsilyl ether - were synthesized from D-mannitol in 6-7 steps via 2-desoxy-D-ribono-lactone derivatives. ... (81% yield) (R.Dumont, H.Pfauder, Helv., 1983, 66, 814) were described recently. In the present ...