Z. Zhang et al., Novel approach for the stereocontrolled construction of eudesmane skeleton: A concise synthesis of (+/-)-balanitol, ORG LETT, 3(16), 2001, pp. 2555-2557
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A novel method for the stereocontrolled construction of the eudesmane ring
system based on a cationic cyclization is presented, and the approach is ex
emplified in a short and efficient total synthesis of (+/-)-balanitol (2).