150582-60-8Relevant articles and documents
A preparatively simple access to homochiral heterocyclic α-hydroxy acids and their derivatives
Burger,Windeisen,Heistracher,Lange,Abdel-Aleem
, p. 41 - 58 (2002)
The synthesis of homochiral heterocyclic α-hydroxy acids starting from (S)- and (R)-malic acid using hexafluoroacetone as protecting and activating agent is described. The new compounds are useful building blocks for peptide and depsipeptide modification.