Asymmetric Synthesis of a Hydroxylated Nine-membered Lactone from Tartaric Acid using the Claisen Rearrangement

Leon S-M Wong; Kathleen A Turner; Jonathan M White; Andrew B Holmes; John H Ryan

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Asymmetric Synthesis of a Hydroxylated Nine-membered Lactone from Tartaric Acid using the Claisen Rearrangement

Leon S-M Wong, Kathleen A Turner, Jonathan M White, Andrew B Holmes, John H Ryan

Australian Journal of Chemistry | CSIRO PUBLISHING | Published : 2010

DOI: 10.1071/CH09637

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Andrew Holmes Author Bio21 Institute

Jonathan White Author Chemistry

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The authors thank CSIRO (Australia), the Australian Research Council and the Victorian Endowment for Science, Knowledge and Innovation (VESKI) for financial support. We also thank Dr Roger Mulder and Dr Jo Cosgriff for assistance with collection of NMR data and Dr Carl Braybrook for interpretation of MS data.