The first enantioselective synthesis of (-)-microcionin 2

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(96)00371-0

An approach known to give regiospecific and stereospecific reactions has been applied to the enantioselective synthesis of the natural (-)-microcionin 2 (1), a prototype of trans relationship of the methyl groups on the furanosesquiterpenes.