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β-Substituted γ-butyrolactams from mucochloric acid: synthesis of (±)-baclofen and other γ-aminobutyric acids and useful building blocks

K Biswas, R Gholap, P Srinivas, S Kanyal, KD Sarma

Index: RSC Advances, , vol. 4, # 5 p. 2538 - 2545

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Abstract

... C3RA42201A (Paper) RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 2538-2545. ... 4,11 The first attempt at coupling mucochloric acid 5 with p-tolylboronic acid resulted in 72% isolated yield of the corresponding monoarylated product 6a under mild conditions, as reported previously for γ-butyrolactones. ...