Approaches to the synthesis of the higher terpenes

The various structural types into which the 'higher terpenes' are divided are defined; recent work on problems of their biogenesis and total synthesis is reviewed. A synthetic route to the pentacyclic structure (VII}) is proposed. The tetracyclic precursor (VI) of this this to be obtained...

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Main Author: Leggate, Peter
Published: University of Oxford 1959
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.734654