title: Synthetic studies on (2R,4'R,8'R)-alpha-tocopherol. Facile syntheses of optically active, saturated, acyclic isoprenoids via stereospecific [3,3]sigmatropic rearrangements.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D009904:Optical Rotation; D010421:Pentanoic Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D010421:Pentanoic Acids; D014810:Vitamin E