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Stereoselectivity in the formation and radical reduction of cyclic bromoacetals, key intermediates for the synthesis of δ-hydroxy- and ε-hydroxy-α-methylcarboxylic acid esters
Nagano, Hajime,Mikami, Ayako,Yajima, Tomoko
, p. 6867 - 6870 (2003)
We report the stereoselectivity in the formation and radical reduction of six- and seven-membered cyclic bromoacetals. The oxidative ring cleavage of the resulting acetals gave the corresponding acyclic δ-hydroxy- and ε-hydroxy-α-methylcarboxylic acid esters.