Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

A general approach towards 2-substituted 3-hydroxy propanoates; application to the synthesis of methyl tropinate

H Imogaï, M Larchevêque

Index: Imogai, Hassan; Larcheveque, Marc Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 1997 , vol. 8, # 6 p. 965 - 972

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Abstract

Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Enantiomerically pure R of S 2-substituted 3-hydroxy propanoates may be prepared by regioselective BF 3 promoted opening of homochiral styrene oxide by lithium cyanocuprates followed by oxidative cleavage of the aromatic moiety with catalytic ruthenium trichloride.