ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (R)-(-)-2,6-DIMETHYL HEPTANOIC ACID - THE FIRST APPLICATION OF THE DITOX ASYMMETRIC BUILDING-BLOCK

Authors
PAGE PCB ALLIN SM COLLINGTON EW CARR RAE
Citation
Pcb. Page et al., ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (R)-(-)-2,6-DIMETHYL HEPTANOIC ACID - THE FIRST APPLICATION OF THE DITOX ASYMMETRIC BUILDING-BLOCK, Tetrahedron letters, 35(16), 1994, pp. 2607-2608
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
35
Issue
16
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2607 - 2608
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1994)35:16<2607:ESO(HA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The 1,3-dithiane 1-oxide (DITOX) asymmetric building block/chiral auxi liary has been used to prepare (R)-(-)-2,6-dimethyl heptanoic acid (1) , a simple derivative of citronellal, in two steps from (2).