The first enantioselective total synthesis of the rearranged aromatic sesquiterpene (+)-laurokamurene B, isolated from the Chinese red algae Laurencia okamurai Yamada, has been accomplished starting from (S)-campholenaldehyde, establishing the absolute configuration of laurokamurenes. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Beeraiah Baire

Department Of Chemistry

Adusumilli Srikrishna

R. Ramesh Babu

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IIT Madras has been ranked as the top engineering institute in India for four years in a row by the National Institutional Ranking Framework of the MHRD

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