Total synthesis of (±)-Δ9(12)-capnellene
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Wolfgang Oppolzer; Kurt Bättig
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Article
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1982
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Elsevier Science
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French
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The marine triquinane sesquiterpene A 9(12) -capnellene (1) was synthesised from 2,2,5-trimethyl-5-hexenal (2) by a sequence of 11 synthetic operations \_ in 5% overall yield. The key steps 3 + 4 + 5 -f 6 involve two intramolecular type-I-"Mg-ene" processes.