title: Tris[(6S)-6-hy-droxy-4-epi-shikimic acid] monohydrate: an enanti-omerically pure hy-droxy-lated shikimic acid derived from methyl shikimate.
abstract: The title compound, 3C(7)H(10)O(6)·H(2)O, is the enanti-omerically pure product of a multi-step synthesis from the enanti-omerically pure natural shikimic acid. The asymmetric unit contains three mol-ecules of the acid and one mol-ecule of water. The cyclo-hexene rings of the acids have half-chair conformations. The carboxyl-ate, the four hydroxide groups and the additional water mol-ecule form a complex three-dimensional hydrogen-bonding network.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 4, 50939 Koeln,  Germany.
authors.forename: Axel G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Griesbeck
authors.forename: Claus
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miara
authors.forename: Jörg-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Neudörfl