Synthesis of racemic and each enantiomer of 3-methylnonacosanol, a new plant growth regulator from Lowsonia inermis

…, S Sankaranarayanan, AS Subbaraman…

Index: Kulkarni, Bheemashankar A.; Sankaranarayanan, Sivaraman; Subbaraman, Ayalur S.; Chattopadhyay, Subrata Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 1999 , vol. 10, # 8 p. 1571 - 1577

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Abstract

An efficient synthesis of the title compound I in racemic and enantiomeric forms has been developed starting from 10-undecenoic acid. For the enantiomeric synthesis, a lipase catalyzed acylation strategy was employed to prepare the required methyl branched chiron which was subsequently derivatized to give the enantiomers of I. The plant growth regulatory (PGR) assay of I, carried out with hypocotyl cuttings of French beans (Phaseolus vulgaris ...