A valuable epoxide intermediate for preparing optically active pharmaceuticals.1 Used for the synthesis of β-blockers,2 L-carnitine,3 ferroelectric liquid crystals,4 atenolol of high optical purity,5 synthesis of novel pseudo-d-vinylcyclopropyl nucleosides bearing quaternary carbon6 and L-N-MCd4T- a potent anti-HIV agent.7
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3. Tetrahedron Asymmetry 1997,8, 2663.
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5. U.S. patent 6982349
6. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2007, 26, 1001.
7. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2006, 4, 4065.