Postulated electrocyclic reactions leading to endiandric acid and related natural products
Abstract
It is postulated that racemic endiandric acid is formed from a phenyl polyene acid (2; n= 0) in three successive electrocyclic reactions: this is supported by the additional isolation from E. introrsa of the related racemic acids (7; n= 1) and (8).
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