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A facile method for synthesis of (R)-(-)- and (S)-(+)-homocitric acid lactones and related α-hydroxy dicarboxylic acids from D- or L-malic acid
Xu, Peng-Fei,Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi,Ohki, Yasuhiro,Tatsumi, Kazuyuki
, p. 3815 - 3818 (2007/10/03)
We report here a simple and convenient route for the stereoselective synthesis of (R)-(-)- and (S)-(+)-homocitric acid lactones, which play very important roles in biochemistry. The method involves only three steps, starting from the readily available met
