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ENANTIOCONTROLLED SYNTHESES OF THE CUPARENE SESQUITERPENES, (-)-HERBERTENE, (+)-β-CUPARENONE, (-)-DEBROMOAPLYSIN, AND (-)-APLYSIN
Takano, Seiichi,Moriya, Minoru,Ogasawara, Kunio
, p. 329 - 332 (2007/10/02)
Enantiocontrolled syntheses of the Cuparene sesquiterpenes, (-)-herbertene, (+)-cuparenone, (-)-debromoaplysin, and (-)-aplysin, have been achieved starting from the optically active tricyclic dienone by employing a Fischer indolization reaction under non-acidic conditions as the key step.