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Hydroxycarboxylic acids (ether carboxylic acids) and estersP 0280 Organocatalytic Michael Addition of Aldehydes to γ-Keto-α,β-Unsaturated

Esters. An Efficient Entry to Versatile Chiral Building Blocks. — A variety of Michael addition products is prepared and converted into useful chiral building blocks. The method is also applied to the synthesis of (-)-acaranoic acid methyl ester (XVIII). — (WANG, J.; MA, A.; MA*, D.; Org. Lett. 10 (2008) 23, 5425-5428; State Key Lab. Bioorg. Nat. Prod. Chem., Shanghai Inst. Org. Chem., Acad. Sin., Shanghai 200032, Peop. Rep. China; Eng.) — R. Steudel

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