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Synthesis and Absolute Configuration of a Cytotoxic Fatty Acid Isolated from the Mushroom, Hericium erinaceum
Kuwahara, Shigefumi,Morihiro, Etsuko,Nemoto, Akira,Hiramatsu, Akira
, p. 1417 - 1419 (2007/10/02)
The naturally occurring (-)-enantiomer of a fatty acid isolated from the mushroom (Hericium erinaceum) was synthesized from (R)-(-)-benzyl glycidyl ether in 8 steps.A comparison of the specific rotation of the synthetic sample with that of the natural compound established the absolute configuration of the latter.