@article { ISI:000265052800004,
	title = {Total synthesis of verbalactone: an efficient, carbohydrate-based approach},
	journal = {Tetrahedron Letters},
	volume = {50},
	number = {18},
	year = {2009},
	month = {MAY},
	pages = {2048-2049},
	publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>A carbohydrate-based strategy for the total synthesis of verbalactone has been described. (3R,5R)-3,5-dihydroxydecanoic acid was dimerised under Yamaguchi conditions to provide verbalactone in an overall yield of 17\% starting from 3-deoxy-1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropylidine-alpha-D-glucofuranose. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Chiral pool approach, D-Glucose, verbalactone, Yamaguchi{\textquoteright}s macrolactonization},
	issn = {0040-4039},
	doi = {10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.02.062},
	author = {Salunke, Ganesh B. and Shivakumar, I. and Gurjar, Mukund K.}
}
@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 = {<p>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.</p>},
	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}
}
