Synthesis of (±)-africanol

Two diastereomers of africanol, compounds 1a and 1b, were obtained exclusively through a methodology which employed, as the key step, the nBuLi mediated intramolecular cyclization of the vinyl iodide 5. A similar cyclization of 19 provided exclusively the tertiary allylic alcohol 20. Africanol could...

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Main Authors: Marques Francisco de A., Ferreira José T. B., Piers Edward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2000-01-01
Series:Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532000000500012