Enantioselective Esterification of Cyclic Dicarboxylic Anhydrides Using Chiral Amino Alcohols as Auxiliaries
- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
- Vol. 66 (7), 2128-2130
- https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.66.2128
Abstract
Cyclic dicarboxylic anhydrides were enantioselectively esterified with the complex formed from cinchonidine, diethylzinc, and methanol, and the half-esters obtained were readily transformed into lactones via reduction and dehydration.Keywords
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