Stereocontrolled syntheses of (-)-cubebol and (-)-10-epicubebol involving intramolecular cyclopropanation of a-lithiated epoxides

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2157-2168

  Hodgson, David M ^a   Salik, Saifullah ^a   Fox, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-H INSERTION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONCISE SYNTHESIS; ENOLATES; FORMYLATION; INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLOPROPANATIONS; ISOPROPYL GROUPS; MENTHONE; NATURALLY OCCURRING; STEREOCONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURAL ASSIGNMENTS; TERMINAL EPOXIDE;

LITHIUM;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

10 EPICUBEBOL; 7 EPICUBEBOL; ALLYL COMPOUND; ALPHA CHLOROHYDRIN; CARBON; CUBEBOL; DECANOL; EPOXIDE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYMETHYLENEMENTHONE; ISOPROPYL GROUP; LITHIUM 2,2,6,6 TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDIDE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; MENTHONE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TRICYCLO[4.4.0.0 1,5 ]DECAN 4 OL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOPROPANATION; FORMYLATION; LITHIATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77950315554     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9022974     Document Type: Article

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