(S)-(-)-ethyl lactate as a convenient precursor for synthesis of chiral liquid crystals

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919308018611

A strategy is presented for synthesis of optically active precursors derived from (S)-(-)-ethyl lactate for use in synthesis of chiral liquid crystals.

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(S)-(-)-Ethyl Lactate as a Convenient
Precursor for Synthesis of Chiral
Liquid Crystals
Aloir A. Merlo a & Hugo Gallardo a
a Departamento de Quïmica Centro de Ciěncias Físicas e
Matemäticas , Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina ,
Florianöpolis, SC, Brasil
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Aloir A. Merlo & Hugo Gallardo (1993) (S)-(-)-Ethyl Lactate as a
Convenient Precursor for Synthesis of Chiral Liquid Crystals, Synthetic Communications:
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 23:15,
2159-2169, DOI: 10.1080/00397919308018611
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