Selective reduction of the severely hindered 10-carboxy-group in gibberellin A13(5) has been achieved through its 20 → 3-lactonic derivative (10) in which the relevant carbonyl function is made more accessible; a partial synthesis of the new gibberellin A37(2) is thus provided.
D. H. Bowen, D. M. Harrison and J. MacMillan, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1972, 808 DOI: 10.1039/C39720000808
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