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(+)-Diethyl L-tartrate

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CAS Number 87-91-2 Website
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SYNONYMS

Title
L-(+)-酒石酸二乙酯
IUPAC name
1,4-diethyl (2S,3S)-2,3-dihydroxybutanedioate
IUPAC Traditional name
diethyl tartrate
Synonyms
L-Tartaric acid diethyl ester

DATABASE IDS

EC Number 201-783-3
Beilstein Number 1727145
Merck Index 143855
MDL Number MFCD00009143
CAS Number 87-91-2

PROPERTIES

Purity 98%
Boiling Point 280°C
Density 1.205
Flash Point 93°C(199°F)
Melting Point 17°C
Optical Rotation +27 (c=1 in water)
Refractive Index 1.4460
GHS Hazard statements H227
GHS Precautionary statements P210-P280-P370+P378A-P403+P235-P501A
Safety Statements 15
TSCA Listed

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REFERENCES

  • For use as a chiral auxiliary in the Sharpless enantioselective epoxidation of allylic alcohols, see tert-Butyl hydroperoxide, A13926. For Sharpless-type enantioselective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 8, 464 (1993).
  • For use as a chiral auxiliary in the enantioselective construction of cyclopropanes from allylic alcohols by an asymmetric Simmons-Smith reaction, see: Chem. Lett., 61 (1992). For a review of the use of tartrate esters as chiral auxiliaries, e.g. in the Simmons-Smith reaction and in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions, see: Synlett, 1075 (2003).