Simple and versatile synthesis of branch
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Angelo Fontana; Rossella Messina; Aldo Spinella; Guido Cimino
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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French
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The paper reports a new approach for the enantioselective synthesis of 2-C-methyl tetrols. The procedure has been utilized for preparing methylthreitol and methylerythritol, a putative intermediate in the mevalonate-independent biosynthesis of terpenoids in bacteria, algae and higher plants. The met