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A highly stereoselective conversion of α, β-epoxy esters to α-hydroxy esters. An efficient route to optically active α-hydroxyesters

K Otsubo, J Inanaga, M Yamaguchi

Index: Otsubo, Kenji; Inanaga, Junji; Yamaguchi, Masaru Tetrahedron Letters, 1987 ,  vol. 28,  # 38  p. 4435 - 4436

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Abstract

Tetrahedron Letters,Vol.28,No.38,pp 4435-4436,1987 0040-4039/87 $3.00 + .OO ... ESTERS TO cl-HYDROXY ESTERS. AN EFFICIENT ROUTE TO OPTICALLY ACTIVE ti-HYDROXYESTERS ... Kenji Otsubo, Junji Inanaga,* and Masaru Yamaguchi Department of Chemistry, Kyushu University 33, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812, Japan ... Summary: ~&Epoxy esters were cleanly converted tooi-hydroxy esters with retention of the configurations at theoc-carbon atoms via MgI2- ...