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A concise enantioselective route to isotetronic acids using an organocatalyzed aldol reaction between alpha-oxocarboxylic acids and aldehydes has been developed, leading to the titled compounds in reasonable yields and good enantioselectivities.
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Vincent et al. (2007) studied this question.
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