Tetrahedron letters

A simple new general synthesis of macrocyclic ketones: A new entry to the synthesis of exaltone and (±)-muscone

H Suginome, S Yamada

Index: Suginome, Hiroshi; Yamada, Shinji Tetrahedron Letters, 1987 , vol. 28, # 34 p. 3963 - 3966

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Abstract

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. ... We describe an efficient new synthesis of 15-membered cyclic ketones, exaltone and (±)-muscone, based on a three-carbon annelation of cyclic ketones followed by the regioselective radical cleavage of the fused bond of the resulting bicyclic systems.