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A short and Efficient Synthesis of (+/-)-Modhephene by a Stereoelectronically-Controlled Ene-Reaction
Oppolzer, Wolfgang,Baettig, Kurt
, p. 2489 - 2491 (1981)
(+/-)-Modhephene (6) has been synthesized from the easily available trimethyl-pentalenone 1 in 6 steps in 26percent overall yield (Scheme 2).The remarkably smooth 1,4-addition/enolate trapping 1->2 and subsequent selenoxide elimination after oxidation fur
