| abstract |
Hydroxymethyl-containing alicyclic compounds represented by formula (1) or (2), wherein rings A, B, C, D, and E each represents annonaromatic carbon ring; R a and R b each represents hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group and at least one of R a and R b is a hydrocarbon group;nand R c , R d , and R e each represents hydrogen, halogeno, alkyl, hydroxyl optionally protected by a protective group, hydroxymethylnoptionally protected by a protective group, amino optionally protected by a protective group, carboxyl optionally protected by a protectivengroup, nitro, acyl, or a group represented by formula (3) (wherein R a and R b have the same meanings as the above). |