Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Goniotriol and (+)-Goniofufurone

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(94)01025-U

Thr Enantioselective synthesis of two antitumor styryl lactones, (+)-goniotriol and (+)-goniofufurone, have been completed starting from cinnamyl alcohol in ten and eleven steps with an overall yield of 21percent and 12percent, respectively.