Synthesis of tricyclopolyprenols via a radical addition and a stereoselective elimination, part II: (Z)-tricyclopentaprenol, (E,E)- and (Z,Z)-tricyclohexaprenol, (Z,Z,Z)-tricycloheptaprenol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(97)10260-5

Four tricyclopolyprenols have been synthesised by addition of the isocopalenyl radical either to a 2-methylene-3-hydroxy alkenenitrile (in the case of (E,E)-tricyclohexaprenol) or to a methyl 2-methylene-3-hydroxy alkenoate (in the case of the three (Z)-t