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. ... The enantioselective synthesis of (R)-2-methyl alkanols has been carried out by diastereoselective photodeconjugation and subsequent reduction of unsaturated esters bearing as chiral moiety, the diacetone D-glucose group. ... All new compounds have been characterized ...