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The stereochemically homogeneous title compounds 6, prepared with two
steps from orthoesters and N-tosyl-phenylglycinol 4, afford with two s
equential Grignard additions predominantly the tertiary alcohols 8. El
ectrochemical detosylation, followed by aqueous work up, yields enanti
omerically enriched ketones 10.