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Asymmetric total synthesis of (+)-phomalactone,(+)-acetylphomalactone and (+)-asperlin utilizing a novel syn-selective C 4-oxa-vinylogous urethane

RH Schlessinger, KW Gillman

Index: Schlessinger, Richard H.; Gillman, Kevin W. Tetrahedron Letters, 1999 , vol. 40, # 7 p. 1257 - 1260

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Abstract

The total synthesis of three natural products isolated from Nigrospora sp., Phoma sp., and Aspergillus nidulans1 starting from an aldol reaction with a homochiral C4-oxa-vinylogous urethane is described. Inherent stereoselectivity of the aldol reaction and overall alacrity of ...