David H. G. Crout, David Whitehouse
1977
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Journal of The Chemical Society-perkin Transactions 1
Abstract
The (–)-erythro- and (–)-threo-isomers of 2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoicacid (I) have been synthesised. The (–)-erythro-isomer has been shown to have the absolute configuration 2R,3R and to be identical with the naturally occurring (–)-acid, a precursor of isoloucine (II), and with the esterifying acid of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid Strigosine.