Claims
- 1. A compound of the formula: ##STR58## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.1 ' and R.sub.1 " are hydrogen or lower alkyl; R.sub.2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl; R and R' are hydrogen, benzyl, benzhydryl, trityl, alpha-lower alkoxy lower alkyl, tetrahydropyranyl or an acyl moiety derived from the group consisting of a lower alkanoic acid, an aryl lower alkanoic acid, a lower alkane dicarboxylic acid, phosphoric acid and carbonic acid; and n is an integer from 0 to 1.
- 2. The compound of claim 1 wherein said compound is (.+-.)-6-hydroxy-2-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 417,465, filed Nov. 19, 1973, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,947,473, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 317,566, filed Dec. 22, 1972, now abandoned.
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