Abstract
α-Hydroxyketones (OH-protected) are prepared in high enantiomeric purity by reaction of chiral O-protected 2-hydroxyalkanoic esters with organolithium compounds in ether/pentane at - 100°C or by conversion of 2-hydroxyalkanoic esters into 2-hydroxy-N,N-dimethylalkanamides, O-protection of these amides, and reaction with organomagnesium bromides in tetrahydrofuran/ether at 5°C.

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