Synthesis of (R)-Lactic Acid and (2R,5R)-2-tert-Butyl-5-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-one
Abstract
A convenient procedure for the synthesis of very expensive (R)-lactic acid from relatively inexpensive (R)-alanine is described. Its subsequent conversion into a chiral dioxolanone can be carried out by using an inexpensive pivalaldehyde–tert-butanol mixture.
Citation
Aitken , R A , Meehan , A & Power , L A 2015 , ' Synthesis of (R)-Lactic Acid and (2R,5R)-2-tert-Butyl-5-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-one ' , Synthesis , vol. 47 , no. 11 , pp. 1557-1559 . https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1380511
Publication
Synthesis
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0039-7881Type
Journal article
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