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Synthesis and Absolute Configuration of Rotundial, a Mosquito Repellent from the Leaves of Vitex rotundiforia
Author(s) -
Takikawa Hirosato,
Yamazaki Yuichiro,
Mori Kenji
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0690(199802)1998:2<229::aid-ejoc229>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - absolute configuration , chemistry , enantiomer , absolute (philosophy) , verbenaceae , stereochemistry , limonene , organic chemistry , botany , chromatography , essential oil , biology , philosophy , epistemology
The enantiomers of rotundial ( 1 ), a mosquito repellent from the leaves of Vitex rotundiforia , were synthesized from the enantiomers of limonene oxide ( 2 ). The absolute configuration of natural rotundial was determined to be R .