“…Mp 79-81°C (n-hexane/benzene) ½a 20 D ¼ þ7:5 (c 0.6, EtOH); 95% ee [7]. The syntheses of (S)-[(2-methoxyphenoxy)methyl]-15-crown-5 [(S)-2, pale yellow oil; ½a 20 D ¼ À13:1 (c 1.1, CHCl 3 ); 99.1% ee] and (S)-[(4-methoxyphenoxy)methyl]-15-crown-5 [(S)-3, pale yellow oil; ½a 20 D ¼ À13:8 (c 6.9, CHCl 3 ); 92.0% ee] from the corresponding diols and tetraethyleneglycol di(p-toluenesulfonate) 7 were described in detail earlier [7]. Racemic crowns 2 and 3 as yellowish oils were prepared by analogy from rac-(2-methoxyphenoxy)propane-1,2-diol and rac-(4-methoxyphenoxy)propane-1,2-diol, correspondingly.…”