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Novel synthesis of L-ribose from D-mannono-1,4-lactone.
Takahashi, Hideyo,Iwai, Yoshinori,Hitomi, Yuko,Ikegami, Shiro
, p. 2401 - 2403 (2002)
[reaction: see text] D-Mannono-1,4-lactone was efficiently converted into L-ribose in eight steps. A key step of this synthesis is the cyclization of a gamma-hydroxyalkoxamate under Mitsunobu conditions. It is noteworthy that the O-alkylation product was
