Stereoselective Routes for the Total Synthesis of (+)-Cryptocarya Diacetate

✍ Scribed by Gowravaram Sabitha; Nandyala M. Reddy; Muddala N. Prasad; Jhillu S. Yadav

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 212 KB
• Volume: 92
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0018-019X
• DOI: 10.1002/hlca.200800355

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

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A stereoselective total synthesis of (+)‐cryptocarya diacetate (1) was achieved by two different routes (Schemes 2 and 3). The sequences involve LiAlH~4~/LiI reduction, ring‐closing metathesis, Prins cyclization, Wacker oxidation, and Wittig olefination reactions as key steps.