Total synthesis of capsanthin and capsorubin using Lewis acid-promoted regio- and stereoselective rearrangement of tetrasubsutituted epoxides†‡
Abstract
The synthesis of capsanthin 1 and capsorubin 2 was accomplished via the C15-cyclopentyl ketone 6 prepared by Lewis acid-promoted regio- and stereoselective rearrangement of the epoxy dienal 5.