A new stereo- and regioselective synthesis of (±)-sesamin involving a β-scission of alkoxyl radicals as the key step1

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)79448-2

A new stereo- and regioselective synthesis of (±)-sesamin (a representative lignan) based on our general method for the transformation of a cyclopentanone ring into a tetrahydrofuran ring involving a regioselective β-scission of the alkoxyl radicals is reported.