R. Hanselmann et M. Benn, ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF A WIELAND-MIESCHER KETONE BEARING AN ANGULAR HYDROXYMETHYL GROUP, Synthetic communications, 26(5), 1996, pp. 945-961
The enatioselective synthesis of a-tetrahydro-8a-allyl-1,6-(2H,7H)-nap
hthalenedione and the degradation of the angular allyl group to a hydr
oxymethyl group are reported.