100853-05-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Synthesis of (3S,4R)-Eldanolide and (5S,12R)-Leukotriene-B4 through Photolysis of Optically Active Hydroxy-7,7-dimethylbicycloheptanones
Davies, H. Geoff,Roberts, Stanley M.,Wakefield, Basil J.,Winders, John A.
, p. 1166 - 1168 (2007/10/02)
Photoisomerisation of 3-hydroxy-7,7-dimethylbicycloheptan-6-ones is the key step in a new route to the pheromone eldanolide while leukotriene-B4 is available through a photolytic retro reaction of 2-hydroxy-7,7-dimethylbicycloheptan-6-ones.
