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SUBMITTER: Chai Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3111956 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chai Yonghai Y Mou Zonghong Z McIntosh Matthias C MC
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The fully substituted hydroisobenzofuran core of the massileunicellins containing 8 contiguous stereocenters was prepared in 12 steps from (S)-(+)-carvone. Noteworthy elements of the synthesis include a one-step oxidative rearrangement/epoxidation, a novel stereoselective directed reduction of a keto diol, and a directed hydrogenation of a congested tetrasubstituted alkene. ...[more]