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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Rajaram AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2597458 | biostudies-other | 2006 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Organic letters 20060501 10
[reaction: see text] The optically active gamma-hydroxy-alpha,beta-acetylenic esters are obtained from the enantioselective reaction of methyl propiolate with both aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes. These compounds can undergo regiospecific hydration in the presence of Zeise's dimer, [PtCl(2)(C(2)H(4))](2), to generate the optically active tetronic acids. ...[more]