Wenqing Lin, Ze-Zhen He, Yi Jing
Jul 4, 2001
Citations
0
Influential Citations
21
Citations
Journal
Tetrahedron-asymmetry
Abstract
Abstract With the readily available l -malic acid as starting material, both enantiomers of ethyl 2-hydroxyl-4-phenylbutanoates and d -homophenylalanine ethyl ester hydrochloride were prepared conveniently in excellent optical purity and 64, 53 and 49% overall yield, respectively.