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An Efficient and Economic Asymmetric Synthesis of (+)-Nootkatone, Tetrahydronootkatone, and Derivatives

AM Sauer, WE Crowe, G Henderson, RA Laine

Index: Sauer, Anne M.; Crowe, William E.; Henderson, Gregg; Laine, Roger A. Organic Letters, 2009 , vol. 11, # 16 p. 3530 - 3533

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Abstract

There is a constant need for new products and applications that possess suitable termite activity without adverse health and environmental effects.(1) It has been well documented that highly active compounds exuded by some plants are vital to the plants' survival and perseverance in their natural habitat in the face of predation. Therefore, in an effort to implement Nature's successful remedies for our own practicality, the introduction of natural active compounds into ...