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Chemoenzymatic synthesis of inositols, conduritols, and cyclitol analogues

J Duchek, DR Adams, T Hudlicky

Index: Hudlicky, Tomas; Mandel, Martin; Rouden, Jacques; Lee, Robert S.; Bachmann, Bryan; et al. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1994 , # 12 p. 1553 - 1568

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Abstract

Cyclitols are defined as cycloalkanes containing one hydroxyl group on each of three or more ring atoms; that is, they are cycloalkane polyols, excluding diols. 1 The term inositol is used generically for one subclass of cyclitols, namely, the isomers of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-