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A diastereoselective synthesis of 4 (RS), 6 (SR)-mercaptomethylmevalonolactone, a key intermediate in the preparation of a new class of inhibitors of HMG-CoA …

…, IK Hatton, LJA Jennings, AWR Tyrrell, DJ Williams

Index: Ferres, H.; Hatton, I.K.; Jennings, L.J.A.; Tyrrel, A.W.R.; Williams, D.J. Tetrahedron Letters, 1983 , vol. 24, # 35 p. 3769 - 3772

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... A diastereoselective synthesis of 4(RS), 6(SR)-mercaptomethylmevalonolactone (1) is described in the course of the preparation of disulphides designed as inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase. ... -Benzyloxyphenylthiophthalimide was prepared by the method of ref. 9 but ...