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REGIOSELECTIVE REACTIONS OF ABIETIC ACID METHYL ESTER
Escudero, Javier,Marquez, Cecilio,Rabanal, Rosa Ma,Valverde, S.
, p. 3167 - 3170 (1983)
Ozonolysis of abietic acid methyl ester 1 in the presence of mercuric acetate afforded the 13,14-seco-derivative in fair yield (50percent).Selenium dioxide oxidation of 1 in t-butanol gave 9-α-hydroxy-abietic acid methyl ester 6, dehydroabietic acid methyl ester 4 and its 7α-hydroxy-derivative 4b.