Abstract
The isolation of diastereomerically pure cis‐2,4‐pentanediol from a crude mixture of both cis‐ and trans‐2,4‐pentanediols is described through a short procedure involving thermodynamic acetal formation with acetophenone, followed by hydrogenolysis of the acetal protecting group.
Acknowledgment
This work was supported by grant DA02189 from NIDA.