Tetrahedron

Stereoselective synthesis of (6R)-and (6S)-diosphenol and Ψ-diosphenol

DF Schneider, MS Viljoen

Index: Schneider, David F; Viljoen, Murray S Tetrahedron, 2002 , vol. 58, # 26 p. 5307 - 5315

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Abstract

Methods are discussed for the stereoselective synthesis of the (R)-and (S)-enantiomers of the diosphenols (5)–(8) by utilizing the commercially available stereoisomers (9),(12),(23) and (25) of carvone and limonene, respectively, as chiral starting materials.