SYNTHESIS AND ASSIGNEMENT OF ABSOLUTE CONFIGURATION TO THE TRANS 3,4-DIHYDRODIOLS AND 3,4-DIOL-1,2-EPOXIDES OF BENZOPHENANTHRENE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)81653-6

The (+)- and (-)-trans-3,4-dihydroxy-3,4-dihydrobenzophenanthrenes have been resolved and assigned absolute configuration by independent nmr and CD methods.Each was converted to its pair of diastereomeric bay-region 3,4-diol-1,2-epoxydes in which the b