Tetrahedron Letters

A stereocontrolled total synthesis of optically active (R, R)-phytol

T Fujisawa, T Sato, T Kawara, K Ohashi

Index: Fujisawa, Tamotsu; Sato, Toshio; Kawara, Tatsuo; Ohashi, Kazuo Tetrahedron Letters, 1981 , vol. 22, # 48 p. 4823 - 4826

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Abstract

Abstract A stereospecific synthesis of (R, R)-phytol uith highly stereochemioal purity in both absolute and geometrical aonfigurations uas achieved by utilizing the SNZ type ring- opening reaction of (R)-β-methyl-β-propiolactone, and the SNZ′ type ring-opening reaction of isopropenyl oxirane, from (R)-pulegone as a starting material.