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Preparation of both enantiomers of malic and citramalic acid and other hydroxysuccinic acid derivatives by stereospecific hydrations of cis or trans 2-butene-1, 4-dioic …

R Eck, H Simon

Index: Eck, Richard; Simon, Helmut Tetrahedron, 1994 , vol. 50, # 48 p. 13641 - 13654

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Abstract

(R)-Malic,(S)-malic,(R) citramalic,(S)-citramalic,(2R, 3S)-2-hydroxy-3-methyl-succinic and (2R, 3S)-2, 3-dimethyl-2-hydroxysuccinic acid were prepared on scales up to 25 mmol by stereospecific addition of water to different 2-butene-1, 4-dioic acid derivatives catalyzed by