Issue 19, 1980

4-Hydroxy-2-hydroxymethylcyclopent-2-en-1-one: a versatile intermediate for the synthesis of cyclopentanoid natural products

Abstract

The title compound has been prepared as the racemate, by way of 3-hydroxymethyl-2-methylfuran, and as the (4R)-isomer, starting with (–)-quinic acid.

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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1980, 924-925

4-Hydroxy-2-hydroxymethylcyclopent-2-en-1-one: a versatile intermediate for the synthesis of cyclopentanoid natural products

J. D. Elliott, M. Hetmanski, R. J. Stoodley and M. N. Palfreyman, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1980, 924 DOI: 10.1039/C39800000924

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