N. Selvakumar et Gsrs. Rao, TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF THE NOVEL SESQUITERPENES OF EREMOPHILA-GEORGEI DIELS, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (11), 1994, pp. 1303-1304
The first stereoselective total synthesis of the natural sesquiterpene
s 4 and 5, having the tricyclo[6.2.1.0(1,5)]undecane skeleton with a b
ridgehead methyl group, is reported via the intermediate 9, which was
obtained by the acid catalysed rearrangement of the alcohols 7 and 8.