NEW ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESES OF (-)-ISOIRIDOMYRMECIN AND (-LOGANIN AGLUCON 6-ACETATE UTILIZING C-2-SYMMETRICAL DIMETHYL -BICYCLO[3.3.0]OCTA-2,6-DIENE-2,6-DICARBOXYLATE())
M. Node et al., NEW ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESES OF (-)-ISOIRIDOMYRMECIN AND (-LOGANIN AGLUCON 6-ACETATE UTILIZING C-2-SYMMETRICAL DIMETHYL -BICYCLO[3.3.0]OCTA-2,6-DIENE-2,6-DICARBOXYLATE()), Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 46(4), 1998, pp. 736-738
The first asymmetric synthesis of (-)-isoiridomyrmecin and formal synt
hesis of (-)-loganin were done using chiral C-2-symmetric building blo
ck dimethyl cis-bicyclo[3.3.0]octa-2,6-diene-2,6-dicarboxylate (2) whi
ch was prepared by the lipase-catalyzed asymmetric demethoxycarbonylat
ion of tetramethyl cis-bicyclo-[3.3.0]octane-2,4,6,8-tetracarboxylate
(1).