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SUBMITTER: Law JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10559756 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Law James A JA Callen Daniel P DP Paola Elena L EL Gomes Gabe G Frederich James H JH
Organic letters 20220809 36
A stereoselective synthetic entry point to the 5-8-5 carbocyclic core of the ophiobolins was developed. This strategy exploits the chiral tertiary alcohol of ophiobolin A to guide assmebly of the 5-8-5 scaffold in a single step via a photoinitiated cycloisomerization. Mechanistic insights into the origin of stereocontrol in this reaction are described, as are efforts to elaborate the resultant fused 5-8-5 ring system to the pharmacophore of ophiobolin A. ...[more]