An efficient and versatile synthetic method for the stereoselective synthesis of a mevinic acid analogue is described. This approach uses a combination of a Cosford protocol with a catecholborane-mediated stereoselective reduction of acyclic β-hydroxy ketones to syn-1,3-diols, as key steps.
mevinic acid analogue - Cosford protocol - β-hydroxy ketones - catecholborane -
syn-1,3-diols