An enantiospecific total synthesis of (–)-α-kainic acid
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 16,p. 1220-1222
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39870001220
Abstract
An enantiospecific synthesis of (–)-α-kainic acid (1) from L-aspartic acid (7) has been achieved in which the C-3 to C-4 bond is formed by a stereocontrolled enolate Claisen rearrangement [(13)→(14)] which delivers the correct geometry at the C-3 and C-4 asymmetric centres.Keywords
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