Total synthesis of avenaol

Avenaol is a potent germination stimulant that can be extracted from black oat. Here, the authors report the total synthesis of avenaol by developing a strategy to access all-cis-substituted cyclopropanes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Motohiro Yasui, Rina Ota, Chihiro Tsukano, Yoshiji Takemoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00792-1