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REVISION OF THE ABSOLUTE CONFIGURATION OF A-FACTOR; THE INDUCER OF STREPTOMYCIN BIOSYNTHESIS, BASING ON THE RECONFIRMED (R)-CONFIGURATION OF (+)-PARACONIC ACID
Mori, Kenji
, p. 3107 - 3109 (2007/10/02)
(+)-Paraconic acid was shown to be of (R)-configuration by its four-step conversion to (R)-(+)-3-methyl-4-butanolide.The absolute configuration at C-3 of A-factor was therefore revised to be R, since it was synthesized from (S)-(-)-paraconic acid.
