STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESES OF THE METHYL ESTERS OF (E)-AND (Z)-2-METHYL-6-OXOHEFT-2-EOIC ACID

MG Banwell, JC Jury

Index: Banwell, Martin G.; Jury, Jasmine C. Organic Preparations and Procedures International, 2004 , vol. 36, # 1 p. 87 - 91

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Abstract

In connection with another study, we required access to preparatively useful quantities of each of the title keto-esters 4 and 8. Both compounds have been described previo~ sly'-~ and the latter has been exploited'in a total synthesis of an ionone component found in fragrant oils extracted from a Himalayan plant. However, these previous approaches have suffered from a need to separate E-and Z-isomeric forms of appropriate precursors' or ...