title: Stereochemical reassignment of Mehta and Kundu's spiculoic acid a analogue.
abstract: A close examination of Mehta and Kundu's synthesis of an analogue of spiculoic acid A revealed discrepancies between their proposed structure and corresponding data. A revised structure is proposed for Mehta and Kundu's analogue after a careful analysis of their key synthetic transformations and published data. [reaction: see text].
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK.
authors.forename: James E D
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kirkham
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jack E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Baldwin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D007189:Indans / Q000737:chemistry*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D047229:Plakortis / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D007189:Indans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; C490145:spiculoic acid A