(S)-Trolox™ Methyl Ether: a Powerful Derivatizing Reagent for the GC Determination of the Enantiomers of Aliphatic Alcohols

Abstract

(S)-Trolox™ methyl ether 5a prepared from the racemic commercial antioxidant Trolox™ is presented as a new chiral reagent for the GC analysis of stereoisomeric primary and secondary alcohols. The superiority to the hitherto known reagents is demonstrated by some examples.