Conversion of Gibberellic Acid into the B-Ring  seco -Kaurenoid, Longirabdolactone

Adamson, George; Mander, Lewis

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Conversion of Gibberellic Acid into the B-Ring seco -Kaurenoid, Longirabdolactone

Date

2003

Authors

Adamson, George

Mander, Lewis

Publisher

CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

The base-catalyzed rearrangement of an α-hydroxy aldehyde derived from the gibberellin GA15 results in ring-expansion of the five-membered B-ring of the gibberellin molecule and transformation into an ent-kaurene derivative. Further manipulation affords