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Study on the Synthesis of Brassinolide and Related Compounds. Part 15. Formal Synthesis of Brassinolide via Stereoselective Sulphenate-Sulphoxide Transformation
Zhou, Wei-Shan,Shen, Zheng-Wu
, p. 2827 - 2830 (2007/10/02)
A formal synthesis of the natural growth-promoting steroid brassinolide is described, which involves construction of (22R,23E)-24-methyl-5β-cholest-23-ene-3α,6α,22-triol by methylation of (24R)- and (24S)-(22E)-24-phenylsulphinyl-5β-cholest-22-ene-3α,6α-d
