Use of the benzyl mesylate for the synthesis of tetrahydrofuran lignan: Syntheses of 7,8-trans, 7′,8′-trans, 7,7′-cis, and 8,8′-cis-virgatusin stereoisomers

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2248-2255

  Yamauchi, Satoshi ^a   Nakato, Tomofumi ^a   Tsuchiya, Masahiro ^a   Akiyama, Koichi ^a   Maruyama, Masafumi ^a   Sugahara, Takuya ^a   Kishida, Taro ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lignan; Tetrahydrofuran lignan; Virgatusin

Indexed keywords

BENZYL MESYLATE; LIGNAN; TETRAHYDROFURAN LIGNAN; VIRGATUSIN;

ENANTIOMERS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LIGNIN;

BENZYL DERIVATIVE; BENZYL MESYLATE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; LIGNAN; MESYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRGATUSIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

BENZYL COMPOUNDS; FURANS; LIGNANS; MESYLATES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

ISOMERS; LIGNINS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 36148937895     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70236     Document Type: Article

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