... Download full text in PDF. Carbohydrate Research, 148 (1986) 51-55 Elsevier Science Publishers BV, Amsterdam - Printed in The Netherlands ENANTIOSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS OF (/?)-a-LIPOIC ACID FROM D- GLUCOSE* AV RAMA RAO, MUKUND K. GURJAR, KAMINI GARYAU, AND T. RAVINDRANATHAN National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008 (India ... Short-column chromatography (ethyl 54 AV RAMA RAO, MK GURJAR, K. GARYALI, T ...