Enantioselective synthesis of (-)-kainic acid

…, T Sugihara, S Satoh, K Ogasawara

Index: Takano; Sugihara; Satoh; Ogasawara Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1988 ,  vol. 110,  # 19  p. 6467 - 6471

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Abstract

Abstract: Novel diastereoselectivity in the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of the heterodiene 18 has been observed. The structure of the cycloadduct was determined to be 20, possessing cis-5/6 ring juncture by converting it into (-)-kainic acid (1) and kainic acid lactone (25).