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Synfacts 2010(1): 0019-0019
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1218397
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1218397
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of (+)-Polyanthellin A
M. J. Campbell, J. S. Johnson*
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Further Information
Publication History
Publication Date:
21 December 2009 (online)
Significance
Polyanthellin A is a marine cembranoid with potential antimalarial activity. The key step in the synthesis of Campbell and Johnson is a Lewis acid catalyzed formal [3+2] cycloaddition between cyclopropane G and aldehyde H to give the tetrahydrofuran J.