Enantiospecific total synthesis of (+)- and (–)-avarone and -avarol
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 24,p. 2717-2718
- https://doi.org/10.1039/cc9960002717
Abstract
Enantiopure avarol and its oxidized congener avarone are synthesized in both podal series from an optically pure Wieland–Miescher enone; preliminary results from biochemical studies are summarized.Keywords
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