Ac. Guevel et Dj. Hart, SYNTHESIS OF CARBOCYCLES VIA INTRAMOLECULAR CONJUGATE ADDITIONS - TOTAL SYNTHESES OF AXANE SESQUITERPENOIDS, Journal of organic chemistry, 61(2), 1996, pp. 473-479
Syntheses of(+/-)-axamide-1 (2) and (+/-)-axisonitrile-1 (1) are descr
ibed. The syntheses require 12 steps and 13 steps, respectively, from
vinylogous ester 8 and feature the diastereoselective cyclization of u
nsaturated ester 7 to perhydroindan 5. Some interesting reactions of t
he organometallic derived from [(trimethylsilyl)methyl]magnesium chlor
ide and cerium trichloride are also described.