Abstract
An efficient, enantioselective preparation of (R)-muscone employing a diastereoselective Simmons-Smith cyclopropanation is described. Cyclopropanation is directed via chelation control by a homochiral ketal protecting group derived from unnatural tartaric acid. The overall yield of (R)-muscone (>95% R) from commercially available cyclopentadecanone is 60% over seven steps.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2721-2724 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Organic Chemistry |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 14 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Organic Chemistry