D. Herlem et al., STUDIES TOWARD THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF DITERPENES IN THE LABDANE SERIES .3. SYNTHESIS OF 2 EPIMERIC 6,7,8-TRIHYDROXYLABDADIENES, Tetrahedron, 50(7), 1994, pp. 2055-2070
The syntheses of 6 beta,7 beta, 8 alpha, and 6 beta, 7 beta, 8 beta-tr
ihydroxy labdadienes, 2a and 2b respectively, were performed starting
from the decalin 3, in order to determine the exact structure of compo
unds, isolated from plant sources, for which configuration at C-8 was
not clearly demonstrated. As a result, the structure 2a was establishe
d with certainty for crotomachlin, a diterpene from Croton macrostachy
s.