3, R=(CH2) 8C02H, 10, Il-epoxide form have been published3 and three enantioselective syntheses, all from carbohydrate precursors, have been de~ cribed.~ We now report a synthesis of 2 from dihydropyran in which the incorporation of absolute stereochemistry as well as deployment of the cis-oriented side chains is effected by conceptually novel methods. The reaction of dihydropyran with bromine and (-)-borneol in the presence of N, ...