Asymmetric Syntheses of (−)-Malyngolide and (−)-Frontalin by Utilizing Bakers’ Yeast Reduction of S-Ethyl 2-Cyclopentanonecarboxylthioate
- 5 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 17 (10) , 1739-1742
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1988.1739
Abstract
Bakers’ yeast reduction of S-ethyl 2-cyclopentanonecarboxylthioate affords optically pure S-ethyl (1R,2S)-2-hydroxycyclopentanecarboxylthioate which is stereoselectively converted into (−)-malyngolide and (−)-frontalin.Keywords
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