Total Synthesis of (+)-Albicanol and (+)-Albicanyl Acetate

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1244-1247

  Toshima, Hiroaki ^a   Oikawa, Hideaki ^a   Toyomasu, Tomonobu ^b   Sassa, Takeshi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(+) albicanol; (+) albicanyl acetate; Drimane sesquiterpene; Optical resolution

Indexed keywords

ABICANYL ACETATE; ALBICANOL; KETONE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHALENES; SESQUITERPENES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035348529     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1244     Document Type: Article

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