@article{d32743c015a74d82b7783721b1fde33b,
title = "Enantioselective synthesis of (R)- and (S)-2-alkyl-1,4-butanediols via enantiomerically pure 3-alkyl-5-(menthyloxy)butyrolactones",
abstract = "A general and practical synthesis of optically pure (R)- and (S)-2-ethyl, 2-propyl and 2-isopropyl-1,4-butanediols, 9a-c, has been accomplished from optically pure 5-(menthyloxy)butenolides in five steps in good yields.",
author = "Namkyu Lee and Kim, \{Young Woo\} and Kieyoung Chang and Kim, \{Key H.\} and Jew, \{Sang Sup\} and Kim, \{Dae Kee\}",
year = "1996",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/0040-4039(96)00310-3",
language = "English",
volume = "37",
pages = "2429--2432",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
number = "14",
}