Jp. Guidot et T. Legall, HIGHLY REGIOSELECTIVE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF A CIS-1,2-DIOL IN THE MYOINOSITOL SERIES - APPLICATION TO THE SYNTHESIS OF 2-DEOXY-2-MERCAPTO-MYO-INOSITOL, Tetrahedron letters, 34(29), 1993, pp. 4647-4650
The synthesis of 2-deoxy-2-mercapto-myo-inositol is described,via a hi
ghly regioselective functionalization of racemic 1,4,5,6-tetra-O-benzy
l-myo-inositol.