FURTHER EVIDENCE ON THE PET CYCLIZATION OF ALPHA-SILYLMETHYLAMINES TETHERED WITH NONACTIVATED OLEFINS - DEMONSTRATION BY THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (-)-RETRONECANOL
G. Pandey et D. Chakrabarti, FURTHER EVIDENCE ON THE PET CYCLIZATION OF ALPHA-SILYLMETHYLAMINES TETHERED WITH NONACTIVATED OLEFINS - DEMONSTRATION BY THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (-)-RETRONECANOL, Tetrahedron letters, 37(13), 1996, pp. 2285-2288
The total synthesis of (-)-retronecanol, in order to provide convincin
g evidence for the PET cyclization of alpha-trimethylsilylmethyl amine
s with tethered non-activated olefins, is reported.