Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
The Wieland–Miescher ketone is a racemic bicyclic diketone (enedione) and is a versatile synthon which has so far been employed in the total synthesis of more than 50 natural products predominantly sesquiterpenoids diterpenes and steroids possessing possible biological properties including anticancer antimicrobial antiviral antineurodegenerative and immunomodulatory activities.