... (C) 1986 The Chemical Society of Japan Asymmetric Synthesis of (S)-2-(6-Methoxy-2-naphthyl) propanoic Acid Tamejiro HIYAMA,* Kumi SAITO, Ken-ichi SATO, Noriko WAKASA, and Masuo INOUE Sagami Chemical Research Center, 4-4-1 Nishiohnuma, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229 For the synthesis of the title compound of 60% ee, a new ... 1472 Chemistry Letters, 1986 2-naphthyl)propanoic acid (6a) in 54% yield. The optical purity of the acid was ...