Total synthesis of 12-hydroxymethylprostaglandin F2? methyl ester

1 January 1976

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

No. 22,p. 939-940
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39760000939

Abstract

The hydroxymethylation of the ester enolate derived from the ester (2) provided the hydroxymethylated adducts (3) and (4) both of which have been successfully converted into 12-hydroxymethylprostaglandin F_2α methyl ester(1).