Synthesis of (S)-(−)-austrocorticin and (S)-(+)-dermolactone: Absolute stereochemistry of the natural products.

AS Cotterill, M Gill

Index: Cotterill; Gill Tetrahedron Letters, 1993 , vol. 34, # 19 p. 3155 - 3158

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Abstract

Abstract The anthraquinones (S)-(−)-austrocorticin (9) and (S)-(+)-dermolactone (2) are synthesised using the chiral dienes 6a md 6b, respectively; comparison with these synthetic compounds establishes that natural austrocorticin has the (R) absolute configuration while