A SHORT EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF AMBRAKETAL (4 STEPS) AND EPIAMBRAKETAL(5 STEPS) FROM SCLAREOL

Authors
MARTRES P PERFETTI P ZAHRA JP WAEGELL B
Citation
P. Martres et al., A SHORT EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF AMBRAKETAL (4 STEPS) AND EPIAMBRAKETAL(5 STEPS) FROM SCLAREOL, Tetrahedron letters, 35(1), 1994, pp. 97-98
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
97 - 98
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1994)35:1<97:ASESOA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Ambraketal 7 and epiambraketal 8 are synthesized efficiently from scla reol 1. The key intermediate 5 is obtained by a regioselective elimina tion of ketoacetate 4 resulting from the side chain oxidative degradat ion of 1 by ruthenim tetroxide generated in situ.