A new, short and efficient synthesis of both enantiomers of carnitine

Stereochemical control of yeast reductions. 1. Asymmetric synthesis of L-carnitine

Bing Zhou, Aravamudan S. Gopalan, Frank VanMiddlesworth et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1983 · 320 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +9

Systemic Carnitine Deficiency — A Treatable Inherited Lipid-Storage Disease Presenting as Reye's Syndrome

P Chapoy, C. Angelini, Wendy J. Brown et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1980 · 248 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +10

Total synthesis of (R)-glycerol acetonide and the antiepileptic and hypotensive drug (-)-.gamma.-amino-.beta.-hydroxybutyric acid (GABOB): use of vitamin C as a chiral starting material

Michael E. Jung, Teresa J. Shaw · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1980 · 238 citations

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +8

COMBINATION OF BORANE-DIMETHYL SULFIDE COMPLEX WITH CATALYTIC SODIUM TETRAHYDROBORATE AS A SELECTIVE REDUCING AGENT FOR α-HYDROXY ESTERS. VERSATILE CHIRAL BUILDING BLOCK FROM (<i>S</i>)-(−)-MALIC ACID

Seiki Saitô, Takashi Hasegawa, Masami Inaba et al. · Chemistry Letters · 1984 · 161 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +7

Asymmetric epoxidation of homoallylic alcohols. Synthesis of (-)-.gamma.-amino-.beta.-(R)-hydroxybutyric acid (GABOB)

Bryant E. Rossiter, K. Barry Sharpless · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1984 · 148 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +8