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Synfacts 2011(10): 1042-1042  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1261141
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of (-)-Kumausallene

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, Catherine F. Carter
J. B. Werness, W. Tang*
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
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20 September 2011 (online)

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Significance

(-)-Kumausallene is a member of a family of nonisoprenoid sesquiterpenes with a unique bromoallene moiety. The enantioselective synthesis is completed here in nine steps from known C 2-symmetric diol A.