Abstract: A method of treating amyloid diseases by administering a compound of Formula I: wherein: R7-R13 are independently —H or —OH; and A is H, —OH, or a moiety of Formula II:  wherein: R1 is hydrogen, lower alkanoyl of up to 6 carbon atoms or aroyl selected from benzoyl and naphthoyl; R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl of up to 6 carbon atoms or arylalkyl selected from benzyl, phenylethyl and phenylpropyl; R3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl of up to 6 carbon atoms; R4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl of up to 6 carbon atoms, or when X is oxygen, R4 together with R5 can represent —CH2—O—; X is a valency bond, —CH2, oxygen or sulfur; Ar is selected from phenyl, naphthyl, indanyl and tetrahydronaphthyl; R5 and R6 are individually selected from hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, hydroxyl, lower alkyl of up to 6 carbon atoms, a —CONH2— group, lower alkoxy of up to 6 carbon atoms, benzyloxy, lower alkylthio of up to 6 carbon atoms,

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing epoxy esters, and intermediates prepared by this process, in particular, to a process which produces non-racemic epoxy esters which are of use as intermediates in the preparation of pharmaceutical compounds.