<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chavan, Subhash P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shivsankar, K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pasupathy, K.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Simplistic expedient and practical synthesis of (+/-)-alpha-lipoic acid</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Synthesis-Stuttgart</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">alpha-chloroesters</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">alpha-lipoic acid</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ozonolysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reformatsky reaction</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAY</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RUDIGERSTR 14, D-70469 STUTTGART, GERMANY</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1297-1300</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Synthesis of a-lipoic acid has been achieved by a simple sequence of reactions. The synthesis highlights the use of alpha-chloroesters in a Reformatsky reaction. The intermediate keto acid is an intermediate from which both isomers of lipoic acid can be prepared.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.652</style></custom4></record></records></xml>