A short synthesis of the aromatic monoterpene espintanol
β Scribed by David J. Wadsworth; Sabine Losch
- Book ID
- 104203239
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 304 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4020
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β¦ Synopsis
A flexible and expedient synthesis of the lMnnanicidal and trypanocidal monoterpene espintanol I. first isolated in 1991from the sprace Q,g#&g,&&zu, wws achiewd in seven steps and with an overall yield of 11%. Key steps were the direct conversion qf the metw ester 0 to rhe methyl ketone 7 upon treatment with methyl lithium and the acid-catalysed bensylic hyiroperoxkle rearrangement reaction of the secondary alcohol II to @ord 1. In 1991 a paper appeared describing the leishmanicidal and trypanosomal in vitro activities of the petroleum
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