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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: Tetrahedron. 2009 Aug 22;65(34):3771–6803. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2009.05.079

Table 3.6.

Nelson's chiral β-lactone synthesis.

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Entry R ee (%) Yield (%)
1 PhCH2CH2 92 93
2 i-Bu 93 80
3 BnOCH2C≡C 93 86
4 t-Bu-C≡C 85 91