Stereospecific synthesis of 4,11-epoxy-cis-eudesmane, a tricyclic sesquiterpene defence secretion from the termite Amitermes evuncifer
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 4,p. 111a
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c3977000111a
Abstract
The title compound has been synthesised by an unambiguous route from (–)-carvone involving an intramolecular oxymercuration procedure; the synthetic and naturally occuring materials from A. evuncifer have identical [α]D vlues.Keywords
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