106237-54-1Relevant articles and documents
Regiochemical Control in the Hemiacetalization of a Dihydroxydialdehyde. An Application of the Use of Homochiral 3-Methyl-γ-butyrolactones to the Construction of Homochiral Tripropionate Units.
Ziegler, Frederick E.,Wester, Ronald T.
, p. 1225 - 1228 (1986)
A method for the inversion of lactone homochirality and subsequent chain extension of dipropionate to tripropionate units is discussed.The synthetic sequence leads to (+)-methyl Prelog-Djerassi lactonic acid.