The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Gibbane synthons via hexahydrofluorenones. Intramolecular Reformatsky reaction

FE Ziegler, ME Condon

Index: Ziegler,F.E.; Condon,M.E. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1971 , vol. 36, p. 3707 - 3714

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Citation Number: 17

Abstract

Synt'hetic effort's directed t'oward the gibberellins [gibberellic acid (1)] have led to known gibberellin^,^ degradation product's t'here~ f,~ and gibbane synth0ns. j Our interest in this problem lay in devising an efficient synt'hetic route to hexahydrofluorenones 7a and 7b, which could in turn lead to tetracyclic gibbane synthons.