A convenient synthesis of the antipodes of the title compound has been developed starting
from (R)-1,2,5,6-dicyclohexylidene mannitol. Some of the key features of the syntheses were
simple reaction protocols, and stereoselective inversion of chiral 1,2-diol moiety
via neighbouring group assisted acetylation.
cytotoxic - (R)-1,2,5,6-dicyclohexylidene mannitol - enantiomeric synthesis