N. Soldermann et al., Application of the novel tandem process Diels-Alder reaction/Ireland-Claisen rearrangement to the synthesis of rac-juvabione and rac-epijuvabione, HELV CHIM A, 83(9), 2000, pp. 2266-2276
The novel tandem process Diels-Alder reaction/Ireland-Claisen rearrangement
shows a high diastereoselectivity for the Ireland-Claisen rearrangement st
arting from the endo-product of the Diels-Alder reaction. Based on this mec
hanistic knowledge, the novel tandem process could be applied to the synthe
sis of rac-juvabione.