Synlett 1994; 1994(3): 209-210
DOI: 10.1055/s-1994-22797
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The Dianion Carroll Rearrangement - A Cyclic Application

J. F. Genus* , D. D. Peters, J-F. Ding, T. A. Bryson
  • *Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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Publication Date:
22 March 2002 (online)

Model studies directed towards clerodane insect antifeedants have employed the Carroll reaction to set contiguous stereocenters. Application of dianion chemistry proved to be the most general and highest yielding rearrangement method which generated trans substituted products on cyclic models.