Efficient Synthesis of (−)-(R)-Muscone by Enantioselective Protonation
✍ Scribed by Charles Fehr; José Galindo; Iris Farris; Ana Cuenca
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 249 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-019X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A new synthesis of (−)‐(R)‐muscone ((R)‐1) by means of enantioselective protonation of a bicyclic ketone enolate as the key step (see 6→(S)‐4 in Scheme 2) is presented. The C~15~ macrocyclic system is obtained by ozonolysis (Scheme 7).
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