“…For an estimate of the 4a/5a isomer ratio, the mixture was treated with phenyllithium and the resulting mixture of (-b)-pinanediol 1-phenylpentane-l-boronates (6a and 7a) was oxidized to (R)-and (S)-l-phenyl-l-pentanol (8r and 8s), for which the absolute configuration and rotation have been established. 6 The R isomer 8r was predominant, but (6) Levene, P. A.; Marker, R. E. J. Biol. Chem.…”