Copper(I)-Mediated Oxygenation of Diterpenoids; Three Routes to Catechol Derivatives
JG Bendall, RC Cambie, PS Rutledge, RJ Stevenson and PD Woodgate
Australian Journal of Chemistry
47(3) 487 - 499
Published: 1994
Abstract
Derivatives of totarol (1) and podocarpic acid (8) have been oxygenated in ring C via their corresponding carbamates, or aryl bromides, to form catechol derivatives. These oxygenations have been accomplished by the use of copper(I), both in stoichiometric and in catalytic quantities.
https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9940487
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