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Chemistry & Analysis in Current Contents(R)/Life Sciences. Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science in Current Contents(R)/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences.
Abstract:
An improved synthetic protocol towards 1-deoxy-[4,4-H-2(2)]-D-xylulose (1a) (= 1-deoxy-[4,4-H-2(2)]-D-threopentulose) from dimethyl 2,3-O-isopropylidene-o-tartrate (2) (44% overall yield) is described. The key-operation is a novel one-pot reductive alky