@article { ISI:000231719800006,
	title = {Simple and practical approach to enantiomerically pure (S)-3-hydroxy-gamma-butyrolactone: synthesis of (R)-4-cyano-3-hydroxybutyric acid ethyl ester},
	journal = {Tetrahedron-Symmetry},
	volume = {16},
	number = {16},
	year = {2005},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {2717-2721},
	publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD},
	type = {Article},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>The oxidation of alpha- or beta-(1,4) linked disaccharides or oligosaccharides with cumene hydroperoxide in the presence of a base gave (S)-3,4-dihydroxybutyic acid, which was cyclized under acidic conditions to furnish (S)-3-hydroxy-gamma-butyrolactone. This was subsequently converted into (R)-cyano-3-hydroxybutyric acid ethyl ester, an intermediate for statin based drugs and other related compounds. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	issn = {0957-4166},
	doi = {10.1016/j.tetasy.2005.07.012},
	author = {Kumar, P. and Deshmukh, A. N. and Upadhyay, R. K. and Gurjar, M. K.}
}
