Highly efficient synthesis of optically active drimanic sesquiterpenes, (+)-fuegin, (+)-epifutronolide (7β-hydroxyisodrimenin) and (+)-7- ketoisodrimenin

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)01201-0

A highly efficient synthesis of (+)-fuegin 4, (+)-7-epifutronolide (7β- hydroxyisodrimenin) 5a and (+)-7-ketoisodrimenin 6 from manool 1, is reported.