Abstract A new approach employing 2, 5-O-methylene-d-mannitol as precursor for the synthesis of naturally occurring and fluorescently labeled alkyl glycerols is described. From 2, 5-O-methylene-d-mannitol, which was prepared according to the method of Ness et al.[1], 2, 2-O-methylene-bis-(3-O-trityl)-sn-glycerol, the central product, was synthesized to an enantiomerically pure molecule in four steps. 1-O-hexadecyl-sn-glycerol was prepared by ...
[Penning, Thomas D.; Djuric, Stevan W.; Haack, Richard A.; Kalish, Vincent J.; Miyashiro, Julie M.; et al. Synthetic Communications, 1990 , vol. 20, # 2 p. 307 - 312]
