Abstract
The ketone 1a, which we have prepared from geranylacetone in 38% yield by a four step sequence, has been converted to β-copaene and β-ylangene by a three step sequence. Oxidation of β-ylangene with SeO2 gives lemnalol in 76% yield.
- Title
- Simple syntheses of (±) -β-copaene, (±) -β-ylangene and lemnalol; Simple Syntheses of (+/-)-beta-Copaene, (+/-)-beta-Ylangene, and Lemnalol
- Creators
- Barry B Snider (Author)Yashwant S Kulkarni (Author)
- Publication Details
- Tetrahedron letters, Vol.26(46), pp.5675-5676
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 9924012927201921
- Copyright
- © 1985 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
- Academic Unit
- Department of Chemistry
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article