A practical synthesis of 3 (S)-methyl-heptanoic acid from (S)-citronellol

…, M Meltz, CW Murtiashaw, SL Pezzullo, T Staigers

Index: Breitenbach, Ralph; Chiu, Charles K.-F.; Massett, Stephen S.; Meltz, Morgan; Murtiashaw, C. William; Pezzullo, Susan L.; Staigers, Thomas Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 1996 ,  vol. 7,  # 2  p. 435 - 442

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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. ... Chiral 3-methyl-heptanoic acid is readily accessible by functional group manipulation of optically active citronellol. In principle, this approach is general and could be applied to the synthesis of chiral 3-methyl-alkanoic acids seven carbon atoms in length and longer.