Sesquiterpenoid unsaturated dialdehydes - Structural properties that affect reactivity and bioactivity
The natural unsaturated 1,4-dialdehydes warburganal (6), polygodial (14), isovelleral (55) and merulidial (56a) and their corresponding unconjugated aldehyde isomers (121), (15), (108) and (109a) were prepared, and their bioactivity and reactivity towards various nucleophiles were investigated. New synthetic routes to prepare (-)-6 and its isomer (+)-121 from (-)-14, and (+)-109a from (-)-56a, ha
