@article { ISI:000291302900019, title = {Organocatalytic enantioselective approach to the synthesis of verbalactone and (R)-massoialactone}, journal = {Synthesis-Stuttgart}, number = {12}, year = {2011}, month = {JUN}, pages = {1954-1959}, publisher = {GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG}, address = {RUDIGERSTR 14, D-70469 STUTTGART, GERMANY}, abstract = {

The organocatalytic enantioselective synthesis of verbalactone and (R)-massoialactone is described. The requisite stereogenic centers of the target molecules were constructed using L-proline-catalyzed alpha-aminoxylation and Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) olefination. Yamaguchi macrolactonization and ring-closing metathesis were employed as key steps in the syntheses.

}, keywords = {alpha-aminoxylation, Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination, L-proline, massoialactone, Ring-closing metathesis, verbalactone, Yamaguchi macrolactonization}, issn = {0039-7881}, doi = {10.1055/s-0030-1260051}, author = {Harbindu, Anand and Kumar, Pradeep} }