Both (+)- and (-)-ω-trifluorononactic
acid, a designed analogue of nonactic acid, were synthesized. The
racemic acid, prepared by using cis-selective
iodoetherification, was resolved as the corresponding (S)-O-acetylmandelates.
The structure was determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis.
polynactins - antibiotics - ω-trifluorononactic
acid - chiral resolution - total synthesis