Hk. Hariprakasha et Gsrs. Rao, SYNTHESIS BASED ON CYCLOHEXADIENES - PART 26 - TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF SOME NATURALLY-OCCURRING PHTHALIDES FROM ALTERNARIA SPECIES, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 37(9), 1998, pp. 851-856
Total synthesis of the naturally occurring phytotoxic phthalides, silv
aticol 7, zinniol 5 and the phthalides 1 and 2, is reported from the s
ubstrate 16 derived from the Alder-Rickert reaction of oxy-2-methyl-3-
trimethylslyloxycyclohexa-1,3-diene 15 with dimethyl acetylenedicarbox
ylate.