Jack of all trades: water-soluble salts of DHF underwent self-condensation to afford the threo diastereomer of pentulosonic acid, through differing reaction pathways contingent on the metal salt used. This transformation exemplifies the diverging roles of DHF as a nucleophile (a synthon for α-hydroxyacetyl anion) and an electrophile (an α-carboxyglycolaldehyde equivalent).
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