A new synthetic method for an acromelic acid analog, a potent neuroexcitatory kainoid amino acid, via photoinduced benzyl radical cyclization

✍ Scribed by Satoshi Itadani; Shigeyuki Takai; Chieko Tanigawa; Kimiko Hashimoto; Haruhisa Shirahama

• Book ID: 104252069
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 172 KB
• Volume: 43
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(02)01817-8

✦ Synopsis

A new synthetic method for an acromelic acid analog, MFPA, was developed. The key step is the photoinduced benzyl radical cyclization with excellent stereoselectivity.