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Acetalization of alpha-monosubstituted cyclopentanones with chiral hyd
roxy thiols under equilibrating conditions afforded a mixture of aceta
ls in a highly diastereoselective manner, and deacetalization of the p
roduct affords optically active alpha-monosubstituted cyclopentanones.