R. Verduyn et al., SYNTHESIS OF CARBA-BETA-DL-FUCOSE AND CARBA-BETA-DL-GALACTOSE FROM MYOINOSITOL, Recueil des travaux chimiques des Pays-Bas, 115(1), 1996, pp. 67
Cyclic ketone 12, prepared from racemic O-benzyl-1,2:4,5-di-O-cyclohex
ylidene-myo-inositol (4), was converted into the tertiary alcohols 13
and 20 by treatment with methyl-magnesium bromide and (benzyloxymethyl
)lithium, respectively. Deoxygenation, followed by hydrogenolysis of t
he benzyl protective groups, furnished the title compounds 2 and 3.