G. Solladie et L. Gressotkempf, CHIRAL SULFOXIDES IN ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS - ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (-)-(5S,7R)-TARCHONANTHUSLACTONE, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 7(8), 1996, pp. 2371-2379
The enantioselective synthesis of (-)-(5S, 7R)-Tarchonanthuslactone, a
substituted delta-lactone isolated from a compositae, is described. T
he main feature of this short synthesis is the stereoselective reducti
on of a beta,delta-diketosulfoxide affording in 6 steps the chiral cen
tral part of the molecule, a syn-1,3-diol unit. Copyright (C) 1996 Els
evier Science Ltd