An Improved Three Step Synthesis of (-)-3β-Hydroxycarvone from (-)-Carvone.docVIP

Molecules, 2002, 7, 129-134 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 An Improved Three Step Synthesis of (-)-3β-Hydroxycarvone from (-)-Carvone Reginaldo B. dos Santos1,*, Timothy J. Brocksom2,?, Paulo R. Zanotto2 and Ursula Brocksom2 1 Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29060-900, Vitória, ES, Brazil. Tel.: +55-27-335-2486, Fax: +55-27-335-2826. 2 Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de S?o Carlos, Caixa Postal 676, 13565-905, S?o Carlos, SP, Brazil. Tel.: +55-16-260-8213, ?e-mail: brocksom@.br * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: rbds@cce.