Enantioselective synthesis of (+)-majusculone.

J Org Chem

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA.

Published: May 2007

The first enantioselective synthesis of a chamigrane sesquiterpene, (+)-majusculone, has been completed. The quaternary center was generated asymmetrically by alkylidene carbene insertion, with retention of absolute configuration, from a diastereomerically pure ketal.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3248824PMC
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