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Transformations of tartaric acid: A facile synthesis of derivatives of optically active α-hydrohyaldehydes

B Achmatowicz, J Wicha

Index: Achmatowicz, Barbara; Wicha, Jerzy Tetrahedron Letters, 1987 , vol. 28, # 26 p. 2999 - 3002

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Abstract

Summary. Methods for synthesis of (Q-and (S)-Z-benzyloxy-and 2-(t-butyldiphenylsiIjloxy)- aldehydes from optically active tartaric acids are described. a-Hydroxyaldehydes are useful precursors of an oxirane, an allylic alcohol, a 1, 2-diol and other structural units in syntheses of various natural products. Novel methods of preparation of enantiomerically pure a- hydroxyaldehydes consist in transformations with the use of enzymesl, as well as chiral ...