ChemInform Abstract: A Short and Efficient Synthesis of (.+‐.) Laevigatin.

Abstract

A Short and Efficient Synthesis of (±) Laevigatin.-Reformatsky reaction of ethyl bromopropionate (II) on dimethyl tetralone (I) produces the ester (III) which is a valuable precursor for the title sesquiterpene (VI). -(CHAVAN, S. P.; RAO, Y. T. S.; GOVANDE, C. A.; ZUBAIDHA, P. K.; DHONDGE, V. D.; Tetrahedron Lett. 38 (1997) 43, 7633-7634; Div. Org.