A practical synthesis of 3(S)-methyl-hep
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Ralph Breitenbach; Charles K.-F. Chiu; Stephen S. Massett; Morgan Meltz; C.Willi
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Article
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1996
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Elsevier Science
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English
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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.