Derivation of S-(–)-, and R-(+)-10,11-epoxyfarnesol from S-(–)-10,11-dihydroxyfarnesol

1 January 1971

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications

No. 19,p. 1199-1201
https://doi.org/10.1039/c29710001199

Abstract

Optically pure S-(–)- and R-(+)-10,11-epoxyfarnesol have been prepared from S-(–)-10,11-dihydroxy-farnesol obtained stereospecifically by metabolism of (±)-epoxyfarnesol by Helminthosporium sativum.

Keywords

EPOXYFARNESOL
DIHYDROXYFARNESOL
HELMINTHOSPORIUM
SATIVUM
STEREOSPECIFICALLY
OPTICALLY PURE
FARNESOL OBTAINED