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. ... HR 780 (1) a new HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor has been synthesized stereoselectively starting from L-malic acid. Wittig olefination employing phosphonium halides, phosphonates and phosphane oxides have been investigated. ... HR 780 has been synthesized stereospecifically ...