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Asymmetric synthesis of (3S) 3-benzoyloxymethylisobenzofuranone and its 3R enantiomer as analogues of α,β-butenolides
Len, Christophe,Sélouane, Abdelmajid,Weiling, Asa,Coicou, Fabien,Postel, Denis
, p. 663 - 666 (2003)
Both enantiomers of 3-benzoyloxymethylisobenzofuranone have been obtained in good yield in six steps from phthalaldehyde using a D-xylose derivative as a chiral protecting group. The two chiral heterocycles are γ-hydroxymethyl-α,β-butenolide analogues hav