@article{36ea654847b84efea28a9686cdcc592c,
title = "Ring closing metathesis for the formation of medium ring ethers: The total synthesis of (-)-isolaurallene",
abstract = "The total synthesis of the marine metabolite (-)-isolaurallene is described. Two approaches to the core nine-membered ether are presented both of which are based on a ring closing metathesis to close the cyclic ether.",
keywords = "Asymmetric aldol, Asymmetric alkylation, Isolaurallene, Marine natural products, Metathesis, Oxonene",
author = "Crimmins, {Michael T.} and Emmitte, {Kyle A.} and Choy, {Allison L.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (GM 60567). We thank Dr Kazuya Kurata for providing spectra of (−)-isolaurallene for comparison and we are especially grateful to Professor Akio Murai for assistance in obtaining the spectral data.",
year = "2002",
month = mar,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1016/S0040-4020(02)00040-6",
language = "English",
volume = "58",
pages = "1817--1834",
journal = "Tetrahedron",
issn = "0040-4020",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
number = "10",
}