Dp. Piet et al., SYNTHESIS OF (1-ALPHA,7-ALPHA,8-BETA)-(+ -)-8-METHYL-2-METHYLENEBICYCLO[5.3.0]DEC-5-EN-8-OL - STRUCTURE REVISION OF NATURAL DICTAMNOL/, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 44(7), 1996, pp. 1400-1403
The total synthesis of the title compound (+/-)-1 is described, The ke
y step in the synthesis of this cis-fused trinor-guaiane is the base-i
nduced and -directed rearrangement of the tosylate ester 4. Because of
differences in the spectral data of synthetic (+/-)-1 and natural dic
tamnol, a trinor-guaiane isolated from Dictamnus dasycarpus TURCZ., a
revised structure for the natural product is proposed, Nuclear Overhau
ser effect (NOE) difference experiments and a detailed investigation o
f the air-induced cyclization reaction of pregeijerene, isolated from
Amyris diatrypa SPRENGEL, support the structure revision of natural di
ctamnol.