A remarkable substituent effect on the enantioselectivity of tandem asymmetric epoxidation and enantiospecific ring expansion of cyclopropylidene alcohols: a new …

…, M Nagamochi, H Ishibashi, K Fukumoto

Index: Nemoto, Hideo; Nagamochi, Masatoshi; Ishibashi, Hiroki; Fukumoto, Keiichiro Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1994 , vol. 59, # 1 p. 74 - 79

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Abstract

(-)-Aplysin (1) is representative of the first class of halogenated sesquiterpenes isolated from the sea hare, Aplysia kurodai,'which inhabits the eastern Pacific and from the opisthobranchs2 which inhabit the coasts of North America. This compound displays antifeedant properties that help protect the host mollusks from raptorial advances. The cooccurrence of (-)-debromoaplysin (2), the unhalogenated form, suggests that this might ...