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A Novel Synthesis of Cyclobutane Sesquiterpenes, (+/-)-Italicene and (+/-)-Isoitalicene
Honda, Toshio,Ueda, Koji,Tsubuki, Masayoshi,Toya, Tetsuya,Kurozumi, Akira
, p. 1749 - 1754 (2007/10/02)
Cyclobutane sesquiterpenes (+/-)-italicene 1 and (+/-)-isoitalicene 2 have been synthesized from the benzocyclobutene derivative 20 employing an intramolecular γ-alkylation of the β,γ-unsaturated ketone 25 as a key reaction.
