Synthesis 2017; 49(10): 2177-2181
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588711
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Total Synthesis of an Antifouling Marine Furanosesquiterpene

Authors

  • Chad N. Ungarean

  • Jeremy D. Mason

  • Benjamin R. Eyer

  • Nicholas S. Duca

  • Jaimie M. Mong

  • S. Shaun Murphree*

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Publication History

Received: 03 November 2016

Accepted after revision: 19 January 2017

Publication Date:
10 February 2017 (online)


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Abstract

An antifouling sesquiterpene isolated from Sinularia sp. was synthesized from citronellyl acetate in eight steps and 9% overall yield. The furan moiety was constructed using a multifunctional sulfone reagent.

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