Synthetic studies on the heterocyclic nucleus of the cytochalasans
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
- No. 12,p. 1504-1507
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p19780001504
Abstract
A synthetic route is described to a tricyclic lactone-lactam (10), the gross structure of which represents a logical type of intermediate for a synthetic approach to the cytochalasans. The required stereochemistry was built into the starting material (5) by a Diels–Alder reaction involving interaction of maleic anhydride and (E,E)-4-methylhexa-2,4-dienol. However, an unexpected double epimerisation took place in the elaboration process leading from (5) to (10).This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: