Total synthesis of ancistrofuran, a defensive compound from the termite ancistrotermes cavithorax

1 January 1978

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

No. 22,p. 981-983
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39780000981

Abstract

The principal component of the defensive secretion from the major soldiers of the termite Ancistrotermes cavithorax has been shown to be ancistrofuran (1); this structural assignment has now been confirmed by detailed spectroscopic considerations and by total synthesis.

Keywords

TOTAL SYNTHESIS