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Functionality transfer from C8 to C9 in sesquiterpenes. Synthesis of the named Herbolide E from artemisin.

Gonzalo BlayLuz CardonaJosé R. PedroBegoña García

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ArtemisineChemistryStereochemistryOrganic ChemistryDrug DiscoveryChemical reductionBiochemistry

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Abstract The key intermediate 6 was obtained in five steps from artemisin (1). The spectroscopic characteristics of the synthetic product 7a reveal that the proposed structure for the natural herbolide E must be revised.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0040-4039(00)79147-7