Cyclization of α-terpenols and their acetates by fluorosulfonic acid

ND Ungur, NP Popa, N Van Tuen, PF Vlad

Index: Ungur, N. D.; Popa, N. P.; Tuen, Nguen Van; Vlad, P. F. Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 1993 , vol. 29, # 4 p. 473 - 478 Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, 1993 , # 4 p. 542 - 548

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Abstract

Abstract It has been shown that the superacid cyclization of α-terpenols and their acetates takes place with structural selectivity and chemo-and stereospecificity and leads to cyclic isoprenoids with higher yields than the cyclization of the corresponding β-terpenols and their acetates.