Applications of [2, 3]-sigmatropic rearrangements to natural products synthesis. The total synthesis of.+-.-bakkenolide-A (fukinanolide)

DA Evans, CL Sims, GC Andrews

Index: Evans,D.A. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1977 , vol. 99, # 16 p. 5453 - 5461

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Abstract: A stereoselective total synthesis of the/3-methylene-y-lactone sesquiterpene, bakkenolide-A, is reported. The use of [2, 3]-sigmatropic rearrangements within the context of constructing asymmetric quaternary centers has been explored. It has been found that ...