
%0 Journal Article
%A Banwell, Martin G. 
%A Blakey, Simon 
%A Harfoot, Gwion 
%A Longmore, Robert W. 
%T <emph type="2">cis</emph>-1,2-Dihydrocatechols in Chemical Synthesis: First Synthesis of L-Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) from a Non-Carbohydrate Source
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1999/02/19
%V 52
%N 2
%P 137-142
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/C98157
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/C98157 
%X 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). 
