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A short synthesis of (+/-)-epiasarinin
David J Aldous1, Anne J Dalençon, Patrick G Steel
1Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
Organic Letters
|April 2, 2002
Abstract:
[reaction: see text] Epiasarinin, an endo-endo furofuran, has been synthesized from piperonal via a five-step route with good stereocontrol. The sequence involves Darzens condensation, alkenyl epoxide-dihydrofuran rearrangement, and a Lewis acid mediated cyclization.