“…These pertain to the synthesis of (i) pregnanone derivatives, (ii) glucosphingolipids, (iii) pyrrolidine-amide oligonucleotide mimics, (iv) tubronic acid, (v) enantiopure butanoates, (vi) macroviracins, (vii) reduced products of cis - and trans -hexahydronaphthalenones, (viii) stereoinversion of myo -inositol into scyllo -inositol, (ix) orthogonally-protected and unprotected depsipeptides such as l -Lys- d -Ala- d -Lac and Boc-( S )-HOMeVal-( R )-Hmb, (x) (2 S ,3 S ,4 R )-4-( tert -butyldimethylsilyloxy)-2,3-isopropylidenedioxy-4-phenylbutanoate, (xi) dihydroxycholesterol, (xii) the acetate of the triol derived from jasminine, (xiii) stereochemically inverted products of xylofuranosyl derivatives, (xiv) 6- epi- aucubin, (xv) hydroxyethylene dipeptide isosteres (e.g. L-682,679), (xvi) orobanchol (a germination stimulant), (xvii) long chain pentadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15-octols (16 diastereomers), (xviii) mycalamide A (natural product), (xix) murisolin (natural product), (xx) leucascandrolide A (natural product with a sterically congested carbon), , (xxi) l -lyxose esters, (xxii) cryptophycin (5-hydroxy acid subunit), (xxiii) polycyclic carbohydrates, (xxiv) protected aminooxyprolines, (xxv) carbahexopyranose stereoisomers, (xxvi) deoxynucleic guanidine (DNG) oligonucleotide, (xxvii) D-hica, a component of kulokekahilide-2, (xxviii) methylsulfonate esters, (xxix) (4 R ,5 S )- and (4 S ,5 R )-muricatacins, (xxx) trioxilins, (xxxi) functionalized β-C-glycosyl aldehydes (a part of ambruticin), (xxxii) pyrrolidinols, (xxxiii) carbocyclic nucleosides, (xxxiv) Δ 2 -OPC-8:0 (a substituted cyclopentanone derivative), (xxxv) fluorescence-labeled probes based on phyllanthurinolactone [in these cases, 4-dimethylaminophenyldiphenylphosphine ( 2 ) instead of Ph 3 P worked better], (xxxvi) (+)-cardiobutanolide, (xxxvii) 3-amino-2,3,6-trideoxysugars, (xxxviii) sesquiterpene lactones, (xxxix) 3-methylcyclopentadecanol, (xl) optically active β-methyl-γ-alkyl-γ-butyrolactone, (xli) chiral P,N-ligands with a cyclohexane backbone, (xlii) optically active aminobenzindanol, (xliii) cyclopenta[ d ]pyridazinediol, (xliv) 4-hydroxytetrahydropyranone, (xlv) alkynic esters as precursors to chiral substituted phthalides, (xlvi) tetracyclic lactones as structural analogues of kaurane diterpenoids, (xlvii) pyrrolidine- trans -lactones,...…”