An improved methodology for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure (S)-2,3-O-cyclohexylideneglyceraldehyde.
Enantiomer
; 7(6): 383-5, 2002.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12643315
ABSTRACT
An improved methodology to prepare (S)2,3-O-cyclohexylideneglyceraldehyde is described. Starting from the commercially available (L)-cyclohexylidene protected ascorbic acid the enantiomerically pure aldehyde was synthesized in only two steps in 41% overall yield.