A facile method for synthesis of (R)-(-)- and (S)-(+)-homocitric acid lactones and related α-hydroxy dicarboxylic acids from D- or L-malic acid

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 3815-3818

  Xu, Peng Fei ^a,b   Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ohki, Yasuhiro ^a   Tatsumi, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Homocitric acid lactones; Nitrogenase; Hydroxy dicarboxylic acids

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; DICARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; MALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 18144401655     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.03.180     Document Type: Article

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