 20 December 1931 in Vilnius) in 1971  furfuryl alcohol is reacted with bromine in methanol to 2,5-dimethoxy-2,5-dihydrofuran which rearranges to the dihydropyran with dilute sulfuric acid.Additional reaction steps, alcohol protection with methyl orthoformate and boron trifluoride) and ketone reduction with sodium borohydride produce an intermediate from which many monosaccharides can be synthesised.The Achmatowitz protocol has been used in total synthesis, including those of desoxoprosophylline, pyrenophorin  Recently it has been used in diversity oriented synthesis  

and in enantiomeric scaffolding.