Enzymatic Synthesis of Chiral C4 Building Blocks from meso-Tartaric Acid

✍ Scribed by Prof. Dr. Hans Jürgen Bestmann; Dr. Ulrich Christian Philipp

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 371 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.199100861

✦ Synopsis

methyl protecting groups (BBr,, CHCI,) then gave l a in 70 % yield. The 'H and 13C NMR spectra of 1 a (in D,O/ NaOD) and of 1 b (in CDC1,) reflect the symmetry of the molecules. The methoxyl groups are magnetically equivalent in 1 b, but in the open-chain triester precursor 2b, two