Cycloalkenone Synthesis via Lewis Acid Catalyzed Retro Diels-Alder Reactions of Norbornene Derivatives: Synthesis of 12-Oxophytodienoic Acid

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00287a005

Norbornene derivatives of type 1 undergo retro Diels-Alder reactions at or below ambient temperature in the presence of methylaluminium dichloride and a reactive dienophile.Application of the <4+2> cycloreversion methodology to the synthesis of 12-oxophyt