Novel tandem ring-opening/ring-closing metathesis reactions of functionalized cyclohexenoids derived from (−)-α-pinene

A novel asymmetric approach to a densely

A novel asymmetric approach to a densely functionalized lactarane ring system through a domino ring opening–ring closing metathesis of a norbornene derivative

✍ Sujit Mondal; Chanchal K. Malik; Subrata Ghosh 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 French ⚖ 175 KB

A novel route for the synthesis of a highly functionalized lactarane skeleton in enantiomerically pure form is described via ROM-RCM of an appropriately constructed norbornene derivative as the key step.