Abstract
The title compound 1 has been prepared, for the first time, in six steps and a completely stereo-controlled fashion from the cis-1,2-dihydrocatechol 3. The starting material is a readily available and enantiopure compound that can be obtained in large quantity via toluene dioxygenase (TDO) mediated dihydroxylation of iodobenzene.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1351-1354 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | New Journal of Chemistry |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2001 |