A facile approach towards synthesis of verbalactone and biologically active δ-lactones using d-glucose

A general synthetic approach has been developed for the asymmetric synthesis of chiral δ-lactones and verbalactone using d-glucose. The key intermediate used in this approach was α-diazoketone.

A general synthetic approach has been developed for the asymmetric synthesis of chiral δ-lactones and verbalactone using d-glucose. The key intermediate used in this approach was α-diazoketone.