ChemInform Abstract: A Simple Cycloaddition Approach to a Racemate of the Natural Sweetener Monatin.
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Racemic monatin (IV) is prepared as a mixture of diastereomers, from which the (S,S)/(R,R) isomers can be isolated by selective precipitation. Preliminary attempts to prepare diastereomerically pure monatin with Oppolzer′s sultam are described.