Issue 5, 2007

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of mycocerosic acid

Abstract

The first catalytic asymmetric total synthesis of mycocerosic acid was achieved via the application of iterative enantioselective 1,4-addition reactions and allows for the efficient construction of 1,3-polymethyl arrays with full stereocontrol; further exemplified by the synthesis of tetramethyl-decanoic acid, a component of the preen-gland wax of the graylag goose, Anser anser.

Graphical abstract: Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of mycocerosic acid

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Sep 2006
Accepted
06 Oct 2006
First published
06 Nov 2006

Chem. Commun., 2007, 489-491

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of mycocerosic acid

B. ter Horst, B. L. Feringa and A. J. Minnaard, Chem. Commun., 2007, 489 DOI: 10.1039/B612593J

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements