Issue 5, 1975

An improved route to (3RS,5S)-[5-3H1]mevalonic acid

Abstract

The title compound has been synthesized, with specific radioactivity around 10 Ci mol–1, by a synthesis using as stereospecific step the enzymic reduction of 3-methyl[1-3H]but-3-enal on liver alcohol dehydrogenase; this was followed by a chemical transformation of the product, (1S)-3-methyl[1-3H1]but-3-en-1-ol, to mevalono-lactone via a bromohydrin and a cyanohydrin. 3-Methylbut-3-enal has been prepared and characterized for the first time, and the deuteriated alcohols, (1S)-3-methyl[1-2H1]but-3-en-1-ol and (1S)-3-methyl[1-2H1]but-2-en-1-ol, have been isolated: both are dextrorotatory.

Article information

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Paper

J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1975, 429-432

An improved route to (3RS,5S)-[5-3H1]mevalonic acid

J. W. Cornforth, F. P. Ross and C. Wakselman, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1975, 429 DOI: 10.1039/P19750000429

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