Clive Derrick L J, Yu Maolin
Chemistry Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Oct 21(20):2380-1. doi: 10.1039/b205487f.
(+)-Puraquinonic acid (1a) was synthesized, using a route based on ring-closing metathesis and radical cyclization, the chirality of the quaternary carbon being controlled by a temporary adjacent asymmetric center.
