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Double diastereoselection; absolute-configuration; organic-
synthesis; rearrangement; hydrolysis; dihydroxylation;
cyclopropanes; aldehydes; alcohols; reagents
Abstract:
The asymmetric synthesis of all four stereoisomers of lamoxirene (cis-2-cyclohepta-2,5-dienyl-3-vinyloxirane), the spermatozoid-releasing and -attracting pheromone of the Laminariales (Phaeophyceae), is reported. Chiral ethyl cyclohepta-2,5-diene carbox