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A highly stereoselective conversion of α, β-epoxy esters to α-hydroxy esters. An efficient route to optically active α-hydroxyesters

K Otsubo, J Inanaga, M Yamaguchi

Index: Tetrahedron Letters, , vol. 28, # 38 p. 4435 - 4436

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Citation Number: 47

Abstract

Tetrahedron Letters,Vol.28,No.38,pp 4435-4436 ... Although oi,P-epoxy esters (1) seem to be good precursors for u-hydroxy esters (31, there have been few examples for the regioselective reduction of the oxirane ring to provide 3. In this paper we wish to describe the two-step ...