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Absolute Configuration of Multifidene as Deduced by Total Synthesis of the Unnatural Levorotatory Enantiomer
Paquette, Leo A.,Coghlan, Michael J.,Hayes, Peter C.
, p. 4516 - 4518 (1984)
The powerful sperm attractant of the brown alga Cutleria multifida (+)-multifidene (1), is shown to possess the 3S,4S configuration.The protocol, which parallels our earlier synthesis of the racemic polyolefinic hydrocarbon, begins with (-)-cis-(5-vinyl-2
