Download 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. ... A new route to 15-hydroxydehydroabietic acid derivatives from abietic acid (11), via abieta-8,13(15)-dien- 18-oic acid (12), is reported. Utilizing this, the first synthesis of bioactive terpenes 3, 6, 9 and 10, as well as natural diol 4 and lactones 7–8 was achieved. ... Abieta-8,13(15)-dien-18- ...