Practical and efficient 1 alpha-hydroxylation of 4,4-dimethyl-2-ene derivatives in terpenic series.
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1997
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The third part of a triptycal synthesis providing 1 alpha-hydroxy compounds, through microbial hydroxylation in position-3 of terpenoid substrates, followed by dehydration to 4,4-dimethyl-2-ene compounds and subsequent allylic hydroxylation by SeO2/pyridine N-oxide, is described.