Synthetic Communications

Cyclopropyl Methyl Bromide–Mediated Gem-Diallylation: Total Synthesis of (±)-α-Cuparenone

I Shivakumar, GB Salunke, S Kumar

Index: Shivakumar; Salunke, Ganesh B.; Kumar, Suneel Synthetic Communications, 2011 , vol. 41, # 13 p. 1952 - 1957

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Abstract

The total synthesis of (±)-α-cuparenone, an aromatic sesquiterpene, has been described using the radical mediated gem-diallylation of substituted cyclopropyl methylbromide followed by ring-closing metathesis approach. ... The total synthesis of (±)-α-cuparenone, an aromatic sesquiterpene, has been described using the radical mediated gem-diallylation of substituted cyclopropyl methylbromide followed by ring-closing metathesis approach.