A general synthesis of 3-hydroxy-homophthalates is developed and applied to the synthesis of sclerin (1), a developed and applied to the synthesis of sclerin (1), a compound possessing plant-growth activity; the critical step in the synthesis of (1) can be considered as the controlled condensation of a dicarbonyl unit with a tricarbonyl unit, in analogy to the biogensis of polyketides.
T. Chan and P. Brownbridge, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1981, 20 DOI: 10.1039/C39810000020
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