Citation: Jin QU, Wei Dong LI, Jing Ll, Yu Lin LI. First Synthesis of (±)-3-(5-Hyd roxy-4-Methyl-7-Isopropyl-3E,7-Octadienyl)-△²-Butenolide[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;1997, 8(5): 411-412. shu

First Synthesis of (±)-3-(5-Hyd roxy-4-Methyl-7-Isopropyl-3E,7-Octadienyl)-△²-Butenolide

National Key Laboralory of Applied organic Chemistry and Institute of Organlc Chemistry, Lanzhon Unversity, Lanzhou 730000

Received Date: 10 January 1997

Fund Project: This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Special Research Gram for Doctoral Sites in Chinese Unuversities.

An efficient total synthesis of (±)-3-(5-hydroxy-4-methyl-7-isopropyl-3E,7-octadienyl)-△²-butenolide,a new farnesane-based homosesquiterpene lactone.starting from geraniol through eight steps are described.
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