S. Yamauchi et Y. Kinoshita, Stereoselective model synthesis of the optically active olivil type of lignan from D-xylose, BIOS BIOT B, 64(8), 2000, pp. 1563-1571
The olivil type of lignan, (2S,3R,4R)-4-benzyI-4-hydroxy-3- hydroxymethyl-2
-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)tetrahydrofuran, was stereoselectively synthesiz
ed from D-xylose.