Regioselective Oxidative Cleavage of Benzylidene Acetals: Synthesis of α??and β??Benzoyloxy Carboxylic Acids

…, A Banerjee, S Baskaran

Index: Kumar, Ponminor Senthil; Banerjee, Amit; Baskaran, Sundarababu Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2010 , vol. 49, # 4 p. 804 - 807

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Abstract

In nature, α-and β-hydroxy carboxylic acids occur in a wide variety of microorganisms and are recurrent intermediates in the α-and β-oxidation pathways of fatty-acid degradation.[1] Moreover, α-hydroxy acids have found extensive application in synthetic organic chemistry as chiral intermediates,[2] chiral ligands,[3] and resolving agents for alcohols and amines;[4] they have also found application as antiaging factors in the cosmetics industry.[5] As a ...