(1) Sandoz-Forschungsinstitut, A-1235 Wien, Österreich
Abstract:
2-Hydroxy-19,20-dihydropleuromutilin (10) undergoes a stereospecific ketolisomerisation when treated with base under phase/transfer conditions (11, 12). The subsequent reductive elimination of the 3-acetoxygroup afforded mutilin with a 1,2-transposed ketofunction (13).