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SUBMITTER: Lopez-Martinez JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10145093 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marine drugs 20230401 4
(-)-<i>cis</i>-α-Ambrinol is a natural product present in ambergris, a substance of marine origin that has been highly valued by perfumers. In this paper, we present a new approach to its total synthesis. The starting material is commercially available α-ionone and the key step is an intramolecular Barbier-type cyclization induced by CpTiCl<sub>2</sub>, an organometallic compound prepared in situ by a CpTiCl<sub>3</sub> reduction with Mn. ...[more]