.BETA.-Hydroxy-.DELTA.-lactones as chiral building blocks involving 1,3-dihydroxyl functions. 1. New strategies for stereoselective construction of 2-methyl-3,5-dihydroxy esters.

Abstract
Four possible isomers of 2-methyl-3,5-dihydroxy ester derivatives, useful building blocks for natural product synthesis, were synthesized stereoselectivity using C3-hydroxyl-directed methylation of .beta.-hydroxy-.delta.-lactone and .beta.,.delta.-dihydroxy ester.

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