Departamento de Quimica Orginica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago, 1.5706-Santiago de Compostela, Spain. ... ABSTRACT: A convenient synthesis of the cyclohexyl, (lR,3R,4S)-3-p-menthyI and (IS- endo)-2-bornyl glyoxylates, from the respective alcohols and other very available materials, as a model applicable to that of other chiral, sensitive glyoxylates, is described. ... Glyoxylic acid and its derivatives are important building ...