A New Synthesis of Lavandulol via Indium/Palladium-Mediated Umpolung of Vinyloxirane

Shuki Araki; Shinya Kambe; Keiko Kameda; Tsunehisa Hirashita

doi:10.1055/s-2003-38057

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A New Synthesis of Lavandulol via Indium/Palladium-Mediated Umpolung of Vinyloxirane

Shuki Araki*, Shinya Kambe, Keiko Kameda, Tsunehisa Hirashita
Department of Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
Fax: +81(52)7355206; e-Mail: araki@ach.nitech.ac.jp;

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A short synthesis of lavandulol is achieved by the In/Pd-mediated reaction of isopropenyloxirane with 3-methylbut-2-enal.

Key words

allylations - indium - lavandulol - palladium - terpenoids

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