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SUBMITTER: Boyce JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4182949 | biostudies-other | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20140610 30
We report a stereodivergent, asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-clusianone in six steps from commercial materials. We implement a challenging cationic cyclization forging a bond between two sterically encumbered quaternary carbon atoms. Mechanistic studies point to the unique ability of formic acid to mediate the cyclization forming the clusianone framework. ...[more]