Sv. Serves et al., RAC-3,4-DIHYDROXYBUTYLARSONIC ACID - A KEY INTERMEDIATE FOR ISOSTERICARSONOLIPIDS, Phosphorus, sulfur and silicon and the related elements, 101(1-4), 1995, pp. 75-82
Synthetic routes starting from 4-bromobut-1-ene and leading to rac-3,4
-dihydroxybutylarsonic acid and diphenyl rac-3,4-dihydroxybutyldithioa
rsonite were explored. All of them gave overall yields 5-16%. Some pro
perties of the free acid and its dilithium salt are described.