cis -1,2-Dihydrocatechols in Chemical Synthesis: First Synthesis of L-Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) from a Non-Carbohydrate Source
Martin G. Banwell, Simon Blakey, Gwion Harfoot and Robert W. Longmore
Australian Journal of Chemistry
52(2) 137 - 142
Published: 1999
Abstract
The cis-1,2-dihydrocatechol (2), which is obtained in enantiopure form by microbial oxidation of chlorobenzene, has been converted, via 3,5-O-benzylidene-L-gulono-1,4-lactone (8), into L-ascorbic acid (1).https://doi.org/10.1071/C98157
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