Formal Synthesis of Ambrox® and 9-Epiambrox
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 26 (10) , 1995-2002
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397919608003554
Abstract
(-)-Drimenol (5) was used as starting material for the synthesis of diastereoisomeric diols 3 and 4, through the nitrile 7, Compounds 3 and 4 are the direct precursors of Ambrox® (1) and 9-epiambrox (2).Keywords
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