Enantioselective synthesis of the hexahydronaphthalene nucleus of (-)-compactin from ethyl (1R,2S)-2-methyl-4-oxocyclohexanecarboxylate and 2-(3-nitropropyl)-1,3-dioxolane as four carbon bifunctional annelating agent

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)85667-2

An enantioselective approach to the synthesis of the hexahydronaphthalene nucleus of natural compactin is described. The key elements of the synthesis are as follows: (i) the preparation of the chiral starting material through enzymatic resolution of the