A synthesis of (+)-nonactic acid by means of the sulfur-ylide rearrangement

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)80580-9

(+)-Nonactic acid (1) has been synthesized by employing a condensation of the tetrahydro-2-furanthione (9) with dimethyl α-diazomalonate in the presence of rhodium acetate as a key reaction.