Malic acid as a chiral synthon: Synthesis of 1,2 and 1,3 optically active diols

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Malic Acid as a Chiral Synthon:
Synthesis of 1,2 and 1,3
Optically Active Diols
Mohamadou Thiam a b , Abdelmalik Slassi a ,
Francine Chastrette a & Roger Amouroux a
a Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Physique, URA
CNRS 463, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918-69622,
Villeurbanne Cedex, France
b Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Mohamadou Thiam , Abdelmalik Slassi , Francine Chastrette
& Roger Amouroux (1992): Malic Acid as a Chiral Synthon: Synthesis of 1,2 and 1,3
Optically Active Diols, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid
Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 22:1, 83-95
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