A. Chattopadhyay et Vr. Mamdapur, (R)-2,3-O-CYCLOHEXYLIDENEGLYCERALDEHYDE, A VERSATILE INTERMEDIATE FORASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS OF CHIRAL ALCOHOL, Journal of organic chemistry, 60(3), 1995, pp. 585-587
Grignard addition to (R)-2,3-O-cyclohexylideneglyceraldehyde (IIa) gav
e rise to column chromatographically separable diastereo alcohols 2 an
d 3 including highly functionalized and synthetically exploitable homo
allylic alcohols 2e and 3e and homopropargylic alcohols 2f and 3f. Com
pound 3c on functional manipulation gave rise to (-)-coriolic acid syn
thon 6.