Synthesis and Absolute Configuration of Enantiomerically Pure Vitamin K3 2,3-Epoxide

Authors :: Günther Snatzke
Bea Marsman
Hans Wijnberg
Bernard Feringa
Henk Pluim
Ben Greydanus
Stratingh Institute of Chemistry
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Source :: Journal of Organic Chemistry, 45(21), 4094-4096. AMER CHEMICAL SOC INC
Publication Year :: 1980
Publisher :: AMER CHEMICAL SOC INC, 1980.
Abstract: The 2,3-epoxide of vitamin K3 (menadione, 1) has been prepared in enantiomerically pure form, and the absolute configuration has been deduced from the CD spectrum. The compound with the negative Cotton effect between 340 and 400 nm has the 2R,3S configuration.

Subjects :: chemistry.chemical_compound
Menadione
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Absolute configuration
Vitamin K3
Organic chemistry
Epoxide
Cotton effect

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