Abstract
Preparation of 6-substituted 4-hydroxytetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one (12), a key intermediate for the synthesis of (-)-tetrahydrolipstatin, was achieved in an optically pure form by employing an enantioselective deprotonation reaction of the prochiral bicyclic derivative (5) as a key step.
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