Published in Henry Rzepa's Blog

The layout of floor 2 of the chemistry department here contains a number of small rooms which function as tutorial areas. Each has a (non-interactive) whiteboard used by students and tutors for, inter-alia , thought-showering. It was in one such room that I found myself with three colleagues this monday afternoon. We soon all sensed something not quite right about the room;

References

General Medicine

Ein fragmentativer Zugang zu Makroliden: (5‐E, 8‐Z)‐6‐Methyl‐5, 8‐undecadien‐11‐olid

Published in Angewandte Chemie
Authors Daniel Sternbach, Masayuki Shibuya, Fritz Jaisli, Marco Bonetti, Albert Eschenmoser

Eine decarboxylative Doppelfragmentierung vom Typ A ist der Schlüsselschritt bei der Synthese des ungesättigten Lactons (2) aus dem Amidiniumsalz (1). Auch das Diastereomer von (1) ergibt (2). Analog kann das isomere Lacton (3) aus diastereomeren Amidiniumsalzen erhalten werden. magnified image