Gl. Lange et C. Gottardo, SYNTHESIS OF THE GUAIANE (+ -)-ALISMOL USING A FREE-RADICAL FRAGMENTATION/ELIMINATION SEQUENCE/, Tetrahedron letters, 35(46), 1994, pp. 8513-8516
The first synthesis of the guaiane alismol (3) is reported. The effici
ent, stereoselective and regioselective approach involves only eight s
teps, with the key transformation being a radical fragmentation/elimin
ation sequence-which proceeds in high yield (92%).