The research establishes the structure of the diterpene, cassaic acid. In addition, the configurations at the six asymmetric centers present in cassaic acid have been assigned.
A degradative compound, which has also been obtained by synthesis, has been converted into a substance which on treatment with a Reformatsky or Wittig reagent, followed by mild oxidation, should provide cassaic acid acetate methyl ester. Resolution at a suitable stage would then complete the total synthesis of cassaic acid and cassaine, the beta-dimethylaminoethanol ester of cassaic acid.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:RICE/oai:scholarship.rice.edu:1911/18376 |
| Date | January 1959 |
| Creators | Morin, Robert B. |
| Source Sets | Rice University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
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