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Synlett 1998; 1998(2): 129-130
DOI: 10.1055/s-1998-1605
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A Short Enantioselective Synthetic Route to (+)-Cassiol

Soumen Maiti* , Basudeb Achari, Asish K. Banerjee
  • *Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4 Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Calcutta-700 032, India; Fax 91-33-4 73 02 84/4 73 51 97; E-mail: IICHBIO@GIASCIL01.VSNL.NET.IN
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31 December 2000 (online)

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A formal total synthesis of (+)-cassiol (2) from ethyl α-methylpropionylacetate (3) was achieved through the application of asymmetric Michael reaction.

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