[2+2] Photocycloaddition of homochiral 2(5H)-furanones to alkenes. First step for an efficient and diastereoselective synthesis of (+)- and (−)-grandisol

A Study of the Photochemical Reactions of 2-Cyclohexenones with Substituted Olefins

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +9

Sex Pheromones Produced by Male Boll Weevil: Isolation, Identification, and Synthesis

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Life Sciences, Animal Sciences, Entomology +13

Total Synthesis of <i>d,l</i>-Caryophyllene and <i>d,l</i>-Isocaryophyllene

E. J. Corey, Rajat B. Mitra, Hisashi Uda · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1964 · 223 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +5

Identification and synthesis of the four compounds comprising the boll weevil sex attractant

R. C. Gueldner, J. H. Tumlinson, D. D. Hardee et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1971 · 112 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +9

Stereochemical control of nature's biosynthetic pathways:A general strategy for the synthesis 0f polypropionate-derived structural units from a single chiral progenitor

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Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering, Natural Product Biosynthesis +13