Synthesis and absolute configuration of desmarestene, the gamete-releasing and gamete-attracting pheromone of the brown algae Desmarestia aculeata and D.firma (Phaeophyceae)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(95)00435-B

The absolute configuration of the gamete-releasing and gamete-attracting pheromone desmarestene 2 from the North Atlantic brown alga Desmarestia aculeata is determined as (6R) by synthesis and biological activity tests. Utilising the cis-endo transition s