G. Lemiere et al., 3',4-DI-O-METHYLCEDRUSIN - SYNTHESIS, RESOLUTION AND ABSOLUTE-CONFIGURATION, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (13), 1995, pp. 1775-1779
The title compound has been synthesised in racemic form by a biomimeti
c reaction sequence. The two enantiomers were resolved by column chrom
atography of one of the synthetic intermediates. On the basis of CD re
sults a tentative absolute configuration for the synthetic enantiomers
and natural 3',4-di-O-methylcedrusin is proposed.