TANDEM PERICYCLIC-REACTIONS (TPR) - A SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION OF FUNCTIONALIZED [3,N,1] BICYCLES AND A READY ENTRY INTO THE CORE OF GIBBERELLIC-ACID AND ZIZAENE
Ie. Marko et al., TANDEM PERICYCLIC-REACTIONS (TPR) - A SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION OF FUNCTIONALIZED [3,N,1] BICYCLES AND A READY ENTRY INTO THE CORE OF GIBBERELLIC-ACID AND ZIZAENE, Tetrahedron letters, 34(45), 1993, pp. 7305-7308
By combining our previously reported TPR methodology with an oxidative
cleavage reaction, functionalised [3,n,1] bicycles can be produced in
good yield. This methodology forms the basis of a simple approach tow
ards the skeleton of gibberellic acid and the zizaenes.