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SUBMITTER: Velvadapu V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3398704 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tetrahedron letters 20120601 25
3-Chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-5H-furan-2-one (Mutagen X, MX) was synthesized in six steps from commercially-available and inexpensive starting materials (27% overall yield). This synthesis enables the preparation of MX analogs and does not require the use of chlorine gas, as do previously reported methods. ...[more]