Jaqueline S. Barlow, Darren J. Dixon, Alison C. Foster, Steven V. Ley and Dominic J. Reynolds
The efficient synthesis of aldehydes derived from 2,3-butane diacetal protected butane tetrols (S′,S
′,R,R)-5 and (R
′,R
′,S,S
)-6 and their utility in the controlled synthesis of polyhydroxylated materials through highly diastereoselective Lewis acid mediated addition reactions of allyltributylstannane and silyl enol ether nucleophiles is described.