The absolute configuration of simple aliphatic alcohols through a chemical/computational approach: triarylether derivatives of (+)-endo-2-norborneol as a case study

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.tetasy.2009.10.028

The reliable determination of the absolute configuration of (+)-endo-2-norborneol 1, chosen as a representative case of simple aliphatic UV-vis transparent alcohols, was obtained by transforming this compound in its 1-naphthyl-diphenylmethyl ether 5 whose