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From sugars to carbocycles. 3. Synthesis of validatol and 4-epi-validatol from mannose and glucose
Krohn,Borner,Gringard
, p. 6069 - 6074 (1994)
Validatol (4) and 4-epi-validatol (8) are synthesized from mannose and glucose, respectively. The key step in the synthesis of 4 is the base-induced intramolecular displacement reaction of the epoxy dithiane 14 to yield the six-membered carbocycle 15 excl
