Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari e Nanosistemi, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Dorsoduro 2137, I-30123 Venezia, Italy
Abstract:
Enantiopure (−)-5-oxoborneol was obtained in 35% overall yield in two steps, starting from readily available (−)-bornyl acetate and using oxone® as a safe and inexpensive oxidant. The reported procedure avoids the use of large excess of noxious chromium(VI), which was required by the so far reported syntheses.