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ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Optically Pure Grasshopper Ketones and of Its Diastereoisomers and Related Compounds.
First published: August 7, 1990
Abstract
Starting with the known aldehyde (I) the synthesis of four enantiomerically pure grasshopper ketones such as (IX) and of their oxo derivatives is described.
ChemInform Abstract
Starting with the known aldehyde (I) the synthesis of four enantiomerically pure grasshopper ketones such as (IX) and of their oxo derivatives is described. Key step is the stereospecific reduction of the propargylic oxirane (VIII) using (iBu)2AlH.
