Jg. Urones et al., DIASTEREOSELECTIVE RING-OPENING OF 12-ACETOXY-9-ALPHA AND 9-BETA(11)-EPOXY-7-DRIMENE - HOMOCHIRAL SEMISYNTHESIS OF POLIGODIAL AND WARBURGANAL, Tetrahedron letters, 35(22), 1994, pp. 3781-3784
Starting from a zamoranic acid derivative (Methyl 15-tetrahydropiranyl
oxy-7-labden-17-oate) poligodial and warburganal have been synthesized
in several steps with a 55% overall yield and 27% overall yield, resp
ectively.