Australian Journal of Chemistry

The total synthesis of (±)-α-Amorphene

RP Gregson, RN Mirrington

Index: Gregson,R.P.; Mirrington,R.N. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1976 , vol. 29, p. 2037 - 2048

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Abstract

A Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009. Roche Research Institute of Marine Pharmacology, PO Box 255, Dee Why, NSW 2099. Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. ... Abstract The first total synthesis of the sesquiterpene hydrocarbon (+)-ct-amorphene (zizanene) (1) has been achieved. A unique feature of the synthetic scheme is the introduction of all three chiral centres in one step by an oxy-Cope ...