A general method developed for the parallel solid-phase synthesis of
sn-1,2- and
sn-2,3-diacyglycerol derivatives. The technique relies on the use of carboxylic acid-promoted epoxide ring-opening reactions of the glycidyl-bound resin
3. The polymer-bound monoacylglycerol
5, formed in this manner, is transformed to the respective polymer-bound diacylglycerols
7 and
9 by reaction of the free alcohol moiety with a second carboxylic acid under conditions that lead to retention or inversion of C-2 stereochemistry. The sequence is completed by BCl3-promoted cleavage of
7 and
9 to form the
sn-1,2- and
sn-2,3-diacylglycerols, respectively.