Stereoselective synthesis of (–)-acorenone and (–)-acorenone B; the absolute configuration of natural (–)-acorenone
Abstract
The spiroenone (7), stereoselectively prepared from (+)-p-menth-1-ene (3) in four steps, was converted by two different reaction sequences into the natural sesquiterpenes (–)-acorenone (1) and (–)-acorenone B (2), respectively, thus establishing the absolute configuration of (1).