• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.229-230
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• 1989

The reaction of (E)-2, 4-pentadienoic acid with aqueous bromine was reinvestigated to affirm the formation of (E)-5-bromo-4-hydroxy-2-pentenoic acid, whose structure was confirmed by the spectroscopic methods as well as the chemical modification.