Conformational Diagnosis of Diethyl (4S,5S)-4,5-Bis(tert-butyldimethylsiloxy)-2E,6E-octadienedioate Based on the Stereochemical Outcomes of Representative Reactions As Compared with Those of Its 4,5-O-Isopropylidene Derivatives and on a Dichroic Exciton C

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00075a024

In order to gain more insight into the conformation of diethyl (4S,5S)-4,5-bis(tert-butyldimethylsiloxy)-2E,6E-octadienedioate (1) experimentally, some appropriate reactions of 1 and its derivative (S,S)-3, which bears isopropylidene protecting groups, ha