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β-Amino-α-hydroxyacids (norstatines) are prepared from urethane N-protected carboxyanhydrides (UNCAs); the key step is the diastereoselective reduction of a keto-acetylenic compound, which lead is, with syn diastereoselectivity, to the corresponding propargylic alcohol.
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Audin et al. (1999) studied this question.
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