Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Biomimetically inspired asymmetric total synthesis of (+)-19-dehydroxyl arisandilactone A

  • Yi-Xin Han,
  • Yan-Long Jiang,
  • Yong Li,
  • Hai-Xin Yu,
  • Bing-Qi Tong,
  • Zhe Niu,
  • Shi-Jie Zhou,
  • Song Liu,
  • Yu Lan,
  • Jia-Hua Chen,
  • Zhen Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14233
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Arisandilactone A is a natural product with a complex oxa-bridged tricyclic carbon core, making it a challenging target in total synthesis. Here the authors report an asymmetric total synthesis of its 19-dehydroxy derivative, with homo-Michael and tandem retro-Michael/Michael reactions as key steps.