Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Multifidene, a Sex Pheromone of Brown Algae
Taiki Umezawa, Misaki Hara, Nana Kinoshita-Terauchi & Fuyuhiko Matsuda · Organics · 2022
The total synthesis of multifidene, a sex pheromone found in brown algae, is described. The synthesis features the highly enantioselective and diastereoselective addition reaction of an aldehyde to a nitroolefin in the presence of a Hayashi–Jørgensen catalyst and a Nef reaction i...
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10.3390/org3030015