In organic chemistry, atoms other than carbon and hydrogen are generally referred to as heteroatoms. The most common heteroatoms are nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur. Now I present to you an article called A novel method for the generation of (R)- and (S)-3-chloro-1,2-propanediol by stereospecific dehalogenating bacteria and their use in the preparation of (R)- and (S)-glycidol, published in 1991, which mentions a compound: 60827-45-4, mainly applied to resolution chloropropandiol stereospecific dehalogenating bacteria; glycidol, Reference of (2S)-(+)-3-Chloropropane-1,2-diol.
A novel and effective method for the preparation of highly pure optically active (R)- and (S)-3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (99.5% ee and 99.4% ee, resp.) was established based on stereospecific dehalogenation and assimilation with bacteria. From these intermediates highly pure optically active (R)- and (S)-glycidol (99.3% ee and 99.4% ee, resp.) were prepared
Although many compounds look similar to this compound(60827-45-4)Reference of (2S)-(+)-3-Chloropropane-1,2-diol, numerous studies have shown that this compound(SMILES:OC[C@H](O)CCl), has unique advantages. If you want to know more about similar compounds, you can read my other articles.
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