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Kinetic resolution via a Sharpless epoxidation serves as the key step
to provide the useful C-2 chiral auxiliaries (R,R)- and (S,S)-1,3-diph
enylpropane-1 ,3-diols, in good yield and high enantiomeric purity fro
m the commercially available 1,3-diphenylprop-1-en-3-one.