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A practical synthesis of 3(S)-methyl-heptanoic acid from (S)-citronellol

✍ Scribed by Ralph Breitenbach; Charles K.-F. Chiu; Stephen S. Massett; Morgan Meltz; C.William Murtiashaw; Susan L. Pezzullo; Thomas Staigers


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
487 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
0957-4166

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✦ Synopsis


Chiral 3-methyl-heptanoic acid is readily accessible by functional group manipulation of optically active cimmellol. In principle, this approach is general and could be applied to the synthesis of chiral 3-methylalkanoic acids seven carbon atoms in length and longer.


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