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A convenient, large scale synthesis of trans-(+)-sobrerol
Wang, Qiuan,Li, Yanlin,Chen, Qingqi
, p. 2125 - 2134 (2007/10/03)
A convenient and highly efficient synthesis of optically pure trans(+)-sobrerol (1), starting from methyl 3,5-dihydroxy-4-methyl benzoate 2 in 8 steps with overall yield 26%, is reported. The key intermediate 4 is prepared in remarkably high yield by selectively esterification of 3 using lipase as catalyst. A critical step to stereoselectively inverse the configuration of 7 is realized under Mistunobu conditions.