Abstract A new general method for the synthesis of α-hydroxyamino acids has been developed. Lithium cyanohydridoborate reduces α-keto acid oximes to the corresponding α-hydroxyamino acids and not to the corresponding α-amino acids.
Robert B. BatesSriyani Caldera
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