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SYNTHETIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY. XXVIII. A PHOTOCHEMICAL C5-HOMOLOGATION OF 4-ISOPROPENYLTOLUENE WITH METHYL 2,4-DIOXOPENTANOATE TO ISOLAURENE AND A FORMAL SYNTHESIS OF CUPARENE.
Takeshita,Mori,Nakamura
, p. 3152 - 3155 (1984)
Starting from the photocycloaddition of methyl 2,4-dioxopentanoate with 4-isopropenyltoluene, isolaurene was synthesized, and its further conversion to 5-cuparenone constituted the formal synthesis of cuparene. For the first time, the proto-(2 plus 2) pi
