Preparation and use of chloromethyl (−)-
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Shatzmiller, Shimon ;Dolithzky, Ben-Zion ;Bahar, Eliezer
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Article
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1991
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The synthesis of optically pure chloromethyl (−)‐menthyl ether (2b) and its use in the synthesis of di‐(−)‐menthyl acetal (−)‐menthyl (+)‐menthyl acetals are described. The diastereomeric mixed acetals 7a, b and 8a, b are easily obtainable from the nitrones 5 and 6, KCN and 2b. The mixt