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. ... Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Ignacio Ribas. ... 1α,24(R)-Dihydroxyvitamin D 3 (5e) was synthesized. The key step in the preparation of the side-chain was opening of the chiral epoxide 10 by the α-anion of the nitrile 9. The triene system was synthesized by the dienyne route.