作者:Timothy J Donohoe、Clare A Stevenson、Madeleine Helliwell、Ranah Irshad†、Tamara Ladduwahetty
DOI:10.1016/s0957-4166(99)00097-x
日期:1999.4
The synthesis of both cis- and trans-crobarbatic acid is reported. The five-step sequence proceeds in high yield and with control of both relative and absolute stereochemistry. The key step in the synthesis is the Birch reductive alkylation of a chiral furoic acid which sets the absolute stereochemistry of the products. The stereochemistry of the compounds described was proven unambiguously by X-ray crystallography on one synthetic intermediate and on trans-crobarbatic acid. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd, All rights reserved.