Ej. Corey et al., CATALYTIC ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (14R)-14-HYDROXY-4,14-RETRO-RETINOL FROM RETINYL ACETATE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(24), 1995, pp. 4171-4174
A simple and efficient synthesis of the biologically important vitamin
A-derived retinoid (14R)-14-hydroxy-4,14-retro-retinol (1) from retin
yl acetate in four steps is described.