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An efficient and practical synthesis of optically active indan-2-ols 1 has been developed starting from readily accessible optically active 4-siloxy-1,6-alkadiynes 2 and ethynyl p-tolyl sulfone, where the metalative Reppe reaction mediated by an economical divalent titanium reagent, Ti(O-i-Pr)(4)/2 i-PrMgCl, is a key step.
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