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A Short Synthesis of 3-Methyl-5-(2,3,6-trimethylphenyl)-1-penten-2-ol, a Sesquiterpene Isolated from Laurencia Nidifaca
Oppolzer, Wolfgang,Briner, Paul H.,Snowden, Roger L.
, p. 967 - 969 (2007/10/02)
The racemic sesquiterpenoid alcohol 7 was synthesized in four steps (27percent overall yield) from the cyclohexadienone 1.The key steps are the regioselective addition of the pentadienyllithium 2 to 1 and Lewis-acid induced aromatization 4 -> 6.
