(R)-Ethyl 4-t-Butoxy-3-hydroxybutanoate, a Versatile Chiral Building Block for EPC (Enantiomerically Pure Compound) Syntheses, by Yeast Reduction of Ethyl 4-t-Butoxy-3-oxobutanoate
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Synthesis
- Vol. 1986 (01) , 37-40
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-1986-31468
Abstract
Reduction of ethyl 4-t-butoxy-3-oxobutanoate with fermenting yeast yields (R)-ethyl 4-t-butoxy-3-hydroxybutanoate in 97% e.e. Since the protective group is readily removed from the product of reduction, the present procedure provides a simple entry to the "world of chiral blocks" formally derived from (R)-malic acid.Keywords
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