Tetrahedron letters

New triene synthesis from sorbic acid: two-step synthesis of cis-and trans-galbanolenes

C Fehr, J Galindo, S Chappuis

Index: Fehr, Charles; Galindo, Jose; Chappuis, Simone Tetrahedron Letters, 1992 , vol. 33, # 18 p. 2465 - 2468

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Firmenich SA, Research Laboratories, POBox 239, CH-1211 Geneva 8,Switzerland. ... The lithium dianion of sorbic acid reacts with hexanal at the C(2)-position to afford separable anti - and syn-hydroxy carboxylic acids 3 and 4 (87%; =59:41 or 79%; =16:84), whose ...