First enantiospecific synthesis of (-)-parvifoline and (-)-curcuquinone

Subhash P Chavan; Mahesh Thakkar; Ganesh F Jogdand; Uttam R Kalkote

doi:10.1021/jo061730d

First enantiospecific synthesis of (-)-parvifoline and (-)-curcuquinone

J Org Chem. 2006 Nov 10;71(23):8986-8. doi: 10.1021/jo061730d.

Authors

Subhash P Chavan¹, Mahesh Thakkar, Ganesh F Jogdand, Uttam R Kalkote

Affiliation

¹ Division of Organic Chemistry, Technology, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India 411008. sp.chavan@ncl.res.in

PMID: 17081038
DOI: 10.1021/jo061730d

Abstract

The first enantiospecific synthesis of (-)-parvifoline, employing ring-closing metathesis as the key step, and (-)-curcuquinone from naturally occurring (R)-(+)-citronellal is described.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Molecular Structure
Sesquiterpenes / chemical synthesis*
Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
Stereoisomerism

Substances

Sesquiterpenes
curcuquinone
parvifoline