Affiliation:
1. Organic Chemistry, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
Abstract
Herein, we report a concise and efficient formal synthesis of (+)-hannokinol. Key to this new strategy is the use of a chiral Horner–Wittig reagent, readily available from 2-deoxy-D-ribose, to introduce the chiral 1,3-diol motif.