An asymmetric synthesis of 2,4-dimethylvalerolactone and mevalonolactone using chiral binaphtyldiamine derivatives
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 12,p. 779-781
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39840000779
Abstract
Axially dissymmetric binaphthyldiamine derivatives formed by asymmetric ring opening of the cyclic anhydrides (3) and (4) ring close on hydrolysis to give (–)-trans-2,4-dimethylvalerolactone with 74% e.e.Keywords
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