Zammit Steven C, White Jonathan M, Rizzacasa Mark A
School of Chemistry, Bio21 Institute, 30 Flemington Rd, The University of Melbourne, 3010 Victoria, Australia.
Org Biomol Chem. 2005 Jun 7;3(11):2073-4. doi: 10.1039/b504258e. Epub 2005 May 6.
The enantiospecific synthesis of (-)-trachyspic acid () is presented. This has allowed for the assignment of the absolute configuration of natural (+)-trachyspic acid as 3S,4S,6S.