Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.130, No.10, 2954-2955, 2008
An unconventional approach to the enantioselective synthesis of caryophylloids
The chiral enones 4 and ent-4 have been synthesized enantiomerically as configurationally stable compounds that can be used for the synthesis of caryophylloids. For instance, ent-4 has been converted to the marine natural product coraxeniolide A.