Xj. Yue et Yl. Li, STUDIES ON MACROCYCLIC DITERPENOIDS .16. TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (R)-(-SINULARIOL-D()), Bulletin des Societes chimiques belges, 105(7), 1996, pp. 373-375
The total synthesis of (R)-(+)-sinulariol-D, a marine cembranol, was f
irst described from E-geranyl acetone and (R)-(+)-limonene used as a c
hiral pool through eleven steps by using the modified Wittig reaction
and titanium-induced intramolecular dicarbonly coupling as key steps.