Abstract
Asymmetric dihydroxylation provides an easy access to tetrose: threose directly from the (E)-olefin 1, and erythrose via an irreversible Payne-type rearrangement - opening process of the threitol cyclic sulfate 5.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4675-4678 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 29 |
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| State | Published - 3 Sep 1993 |