title: Zirconium mediated total synthesis of crinitol, 9-hydroxyfarnesoic acid, 9-hydroxyfarnesol, 9-hydroxysargaquinone and the selectively-protected aglycone of moritoside and euplexide A.
abstract: Tandem formation of an unsaturated zirconacycle, insertion of methallyl carbenoid, and addition of an aldehyde provides a rapid synthetic route to several linear terpenoid and terpene-polyketide natural products.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ, UK.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: George J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Whitby