Abstract A new approach to the asymmetric synthesis of pentadeca-1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15- octols and their derivatives is presented. It is based on the Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation (AD) of 4, 4′-methylene [(1R, 1′ S, 6R, 6′ S)-6-acetoxycyclohept-3-en-1- yl] bis (4-methoxybenzoate)(9), derived from a double [3+ 4] cycloaddition of the 1, 1, 3- trichloro-2-oxyallyl cation with 2, 2′-methylenedifuran (1). The diol (−)-10, obtained in ...
[Musau, Richard M.; Whiting, Andrew Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1994 , # 19 p. 2881 - 2888]