Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

The Synthesis of Nootkatin, a Sesquiterpenoid Tropolone

Y Kitahara, M Funamizu

Index: Kitahara; Funamizu Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1958 , vol. 31, p. 782

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Abstract

4-Isopropyltropolone (II) has been chosen as a starting material since (II) was syn- thesized before 4). The procedure initiated from 5-substituted 4-isopropyltropolones, ie 5-cyano and 5-formyl derivatives derived from 5-amino-4-isopropyltropolone, was fruitless. The Claisen ...