Abstract
An asymmetric pinacol-type rearrangement was used in the synthesis of (S)-naproxen. The pinacol-type reaction of a sec-tert vicinal diol provided an α-aryl ketone which was oxidized with sodium hypochlorite in the presence of methanol to the methyl ester of naproxen.
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