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Synthesis of optically active O-protected (S)-and (R)-3-hydroxyaldehydes

SK Kang, HS Cho

Index: Kang, Suk-Ku; Cho, Hyun-Sung Tetrahedron Letters, 1991 , vol. 32, # 3 p. 367 - 370

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Abstract

Abstract (S)-3-Formyloxyaldehydes, chiral synthons for natural product synthesis were synthesized via highly stereoselective hydrogenation of the unsaturated furanose ring system derived from D-glucose or D-xylose. Alternatively,(R)-3-formyloxyaldehydes were