First synthesis of the enantiomerically pure α-hydroxy analogue of S-tert-butyl cysteine

✍ Scribed by Florine Cavelier

• Book ID: 104360929
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 204 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0957-4166
• DOI: 10.1016/s0957-4166(96)00471-5

✦ Synopsis

The first synthesis of enantiomerically pure 2-hydroxy 3-tert-butylthio propionic acid in a one-pot reaction from chiral glycidate has been achieved with total conservation of stereochemistry.