Asymmetric Synthesis of Naturally Occuring Spiroketals.docVIP

Molecules 2008, 13, 1942-2038; DOI: 10.3390/moleculeOPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /molecules Review Asymmetric Synthesis of Naturally Occuring Spiroketals B. Rama Raju and Anil K. Saikia * Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, India E-mail: rajchem44@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: asaikia@iitg.ernet.in. Received: 21 July 2008; in revised form: 22 August 2008 / Accepted: 22 August 2008 / Published: 28 August 2008 Abstract: Spiroketals are widely found as substructures of many naturally occ