ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Optically pure(+)-(4S, 4aS, 8aS)-1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octahydro-4,8a-dimethylnaphthalen-4a-ol((+)-1; dehydrogeosmin) is released from flower heads of the two cactaceae Rebutia marsoneri and Dolichothele spharica. The absolute configuration of (+)-1 is identical with that of the known microbial metabolial geosmin (-)-2. The key reactions of the synthesis of 1 are the kinetically controlled transesterification of the primary alcohol 4 using a lipase from Candida cyclindracea and the stereo-and regiospecific angular alkylation of a cis-decalin skeleton by a Lewis-acid-assisted ring opening of the quaternary epoxy-alcohol 3 with MeMgBr/Cul. The sequence provides a new entry into the class of bis-angularly substituted trans-decalins.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19930760513
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