Pj. Edwards et al., DISPIROKETALS IN SYNTHESIS .9. RESOLUTION OF 1,2-DIOLS USING A C-2-SYMMETRICAL DIPHENYLTETRAHYDROBIPYRAN, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 5(4), 1994, pp. 553-556
A series of 1,2-diols were resolved by the enantioselective formation
of the thermodynamically most stable dispiroketal using (2R,2'R) and (
2S,2'S) 2,2'-diphenyl-3,3',4,4'-tetrahydro-6,6'- 2 and 3. Deprotection
was achieved using a metal ammonia reduction to liberate the resolved
diols.