Av. Stepanov et Vv. Veselovsky, STEREOCONTROLLED SYNTHESIS OF (-IRIDOMYRMECIN AND (-)-IRIDOMYRMECIN FROM CITRONELLENE ENANTIOMERS()), Russian chemical bulletin, 46(9), 1997, pp. 1606-1610
Natural (+)-iridomyrmecin and its unnatural enantiomer (-)-iridomyrmec
in were synthesized by intramolecular [3+2] dipolar cycloaddition of s
ilyl nitronates that had been generated from the nitro derivatives of
(+)- and (-)-citronellenes, respectively.