CONVERSION OF A GIBBERELLIN ALDEHYDE INTO A 20-NORKAURENOID LACTONE

Citation
Lj. Benjamin et al., CONVERSION OF A GIBBERELLIN ALDEHYDE INTO A 20-NORKAURENOID LACTONE, Tetrahedron letters, 37(49), 1996, pp. 8937-8940
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
37
Issue
49
Year of publication
1996
Pages
8937 - 8940
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1996)37:49<8937:COAGAI>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The Lewis acid-catalysed rearrangement of a 6 beta-hydroxy-gibberellin -7 alpha-carboxaldehyde results in ring-expansion of the 5-membered B- ring of the gibberellin molecule to afford access to highly functional ised 20-norkaurenoids. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd