Synthetical studies of terpenoids. Part XII. Synthesis of the lactone of (±)-α-(2-hydroxy-4-methyl-5-oxocycloheptyl) propionic acid

OS Bhanot, JR Mahajan, PC Dutta

Index: Bhanot,O.S. et al. Journal of the Chemical Society [Section] C: Organic, 1968 , p. 1128 - 1134

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Synthesis of the lactone of (f) - a- (2-hydroxy-4-rnethyl-5-oxocycloheptyl) propionic acid is described, and its identity with one of the degradation products from xanthurnin has been established. ... Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Calcutta-32, India ... IMPORTANT structural variations, well known from the biogenetic standpoint ,3 of the sesquit erpenoid skeleton and particularly of the five-membered ring ...