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Enantioselective synthesis of cuparane sesquiterpenes. Synthesis of (-)-cuparene and (-)-δ-cuparenol
Abad, Antonio,Agullo, Consuelo,Arno, Manuel,Cunat, Ana C.,Garcia, M. Teresa,Zaragoza, Ramon J.
, p. 5916 - 5919 (2007/10/03)
(-)-Cuparene and (-)-δ-cuparenol, two cuparane-type sesquiterpenoids, were synthesized from β-cyclogeraniol in 47% and 27% overall yield, respectively, using a Katsuki-Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation, a pinacollic rearrangement, and a Robinson annulation as key synthetic steps.