Résumé/Abstract The PAF antagonist [R-(E, E)]-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-[1-methyl-4-(3- pyridinyl) butyl]-2, 4-decadienamide (2) was synthesized from (S)-α-methyl-3- pyridinebutanol (14), which was obtained either from ethyl lactate or by enantioselective kinetic hydrolysis of its racemate using the lipase derived from Pseudomonaas cepacia (syn. P. fluorescens). Mesylation of 14, followed by azide displacement and hydrogenation, ...