Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Adelaide, P.O. Box 498, Adelaide, S.A. 5001, Australia
Abstract:
The conversion of eremoacetal to (?)-1-(furan-3-yl)-4-hydroxy-4,8-dimethylnonane-1,6-dione establishes the configuration of (?)-4-hydroxymyoporone (athanagrandione) as R.