## Abstract An enantioselective synthesis of (+)‐__β__‐himachalene (**2**) was accomplished starting from (1__S__,2__R__)‐1,2‐epoxy‐__p__‐menth‐8‐ene (**3**) in 15 or 16 steps with an overall yield of __ca.__ 6% (__Schemes 3, 5__, and __6__). Key transformations include an __Ireland–Claisen__ rearr
A Convergent Synthesis of (±)-α- and β-Himachalenes
✍ Scribed by Wolfgang Oppolzer; Roger L. Snowden
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 381 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-019X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
(±)‐α and β‐Himachalene, 5 and 6, have been synthesized in a convergent manner from 3,3‐dimethylacrolein (9), the ester enolate 10 and the silyloxypentadienyllithium 7. The key steps are the regioselective γ‐addition of the dienal 13 to 7 and the intramolecular Diels‐Alder addition 15 → 16. Hydrogenolysis of the diethylphosphate group and functionalization at C (5) completed the synthesis of 5 and 6.
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