131831-74-8Relevant articles and documents
Ambergris compounds from labdanolic acid
Urones,Basabe,Marcos,Gonzalez,Jimenez,Sexmero,Lithgow
, p. 9991 - 9998 (1992)
Labdanolic acid (Cistus ladaniferus) is transformed into derivatives with amber odor. The strategy used allowed a process in which the oxidative decarboxylation reaction was carried out with the hydroxyl group protected.
A formal synthesis of (±)-Ambrox
Snowden,Linder
, p. 4119 - 4120 (2007/10/02)
Bicyclic diol 6, a direct precursor of (±)-Ambrox ((±)-7), has been synthesised in four steps (35% yield) from the known bicyclic enone 2.
Triterpenoid Total Synthesis, I: Synthesis of Ambrein and Ambrox
Mori, Kenji,Tamura, Hiroshi
, p. 361 - 368 (2007/10/02)
The first total synthesis of (+)-ambrein (1), a triterpene alcohol isolated from ambergris, was achieved.Both the enantiomers of ambrox (2) were also synthesized.
