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A General Asymmetric Synthesis of (-)-α-Dimethylretrodendrin and Its Diastereomers
Maddaford, Shawn P.,Charlton, James L.
, p. 4132 - 4138 (2007/10/02)
A Diels-Alder cycloaddition between the fumarate of methyl (R)-mandelate 14 and α-hydroxy-α'-aryl-o-quinodimethane 12 produced an exo cycloadduct 15 in 44percent yield which was converted to optically pure (-)-α-dimethylretrodendrin (21) and three of its
