137734-21-5Relevant articles and documents
Chelation Control in the Aldol Reaction of Tetronic Acid. Application to the Synthesis of Pentoses, Arabitol and Ribitol
Honda, Toshio,Hayakawa, Tomohisa,Kondoh, Hirotsune,Okuyama, Akihiko,Tsubuki, Masayoshi
, p. 1861 - 1864 (2007/10/02)
The aldol reaction of lithium enolates of tetronates with (R)-2,3-O-cyclohexylideneglyceraldehyde afforded the chelation controlled products stereoselectively.The conversion of the aldol products into arabitol and ribitol was also described.