D. Tanaka et al., SYNTHESIS OF MONOTERPENE LACTONES, (-BOSCHNIALACTONE AND (+)-ISOIRIDOMYRMECIN, STARTING FROM L-(+)-ARABINOSE()), Tetrahedron, 49(45), 1993, pp. 10253-10262
A new method for the preparation of optically active gamma-substituted
alpha,beta-unsaturated delta-lactones as the useful chiral building b
locks for natural product synthesis, starting from L-(+)-arabinose and
synthesis of two monoterpene lactones, (+)-boschnialactone and (+)-is
oiridomyrmecin, by the use of these building blocks are described.