@article{11ff28ae00874a18ace06fbaec577cd7,
title = "Syntheses of the D-aldopentoses from non-carbohydrate sources",
abstract = "The cis-1,2-dihydrocatechols 5-7, which are obtained in high yield and ca. 99.8% ee by microbial oxidation of the corresponding aromatic compound, have been converted, via reaction sequences involving three distinct types of one-carbon deletion processes, into the four D-aldopentoses.",
keywords = "1,2-diol cleavage, Cis-1,2-dihydrocatechol, D- xylose, D-arabinose, D-lyxono-δ- lactone, D-lyxose, D-ribose, Ozonolytic cleavage, Radical decarboxylation",
author = "Banwell, {Martin G.} and {De Savi}, Chris and Hockless, {David C.R.} and Susanne Pallich and Watson, {Keith G.}",
year = "1999",
doi = "10.1055/s-1999-3179",
language = "English",
pages = "885--888",
journal = "Synlett",
issn = "0936-5214",
publisher = "Georg Thieme Verlag",
number = "SPEC. ISS.",
}