Chelation Control in the Aldol Reaction of Tetronic Acid. Application to the Synthesis of Pentoses, Arabitol and Ribitol
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 20 (10) , 1861-1864
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1991.1861
Abstract
The aldol reaction of lithium enolates of tetronates with (R)-2,3-O-cyclohexylideneglyceraldehyde afforded the chelation controlled products stereoselectively. The conversion of the aldol products into arabitol and ribitol was also described.Keywords
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