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The synthesis of 2,3-butane diacetal protected dimethyl tartrate (R',R',R,S
)-1 using a chiral memory protocol and its utility for the preparation of d
esymmetrised meso-tartrate derivatives through selective transesterificatio
n and aminolysis of the spatially different carboxylate termini is describe
d.