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Carbohydr Res
; 339(10): 1773-8, 2004 Jul 12.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15220087
RESUMO
epi-Inositol was synthesized in six steps in 40% overall yield from a bacterial bromobenzene metabolite. The chemoenzymatic route involved toluene dioxygenase oxidation, substrate-directed catalytic osmylation, m-CPBA epoxidation, radical debromination, and Amberlite-catalized hydrolysis. The route described is amenable to scaleup and could allow access to cis-inositol, and deoxy derivatives of epi-inositol.