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SUBMITTER: Trost BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3268366 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20120110 3
The first synthesis of the biologically active humulene natural product asteriscunolide D has been accomplished in nine steps without the use of protecting groups. The challenging 11-membered ring was forged via a diastereoselective thionium ion initiated cyclization, which constitutes a formal aldol disconnection to form a strained macrocycle. A stereospecific thioether activation-elimination protocol was developed for selective E-olefin formation, thus providing access to the most biologically ...[more]