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The formal convergent syntheses of both (+/-)-brussonol and (+/-)-abrotanone are reported. The key step involved the diastereoselective capture of an in situ generated oxocarbenium cation via an intramolecular Friedel-Crafts/Marson-type cyclization.
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Martinez‐Solorio et al. (2008) studied this question.
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