Synthesis 2024; 56(10): 1585-1592
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1751529
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Bürgenstock Special Section 2022 – Future Stars in Organic Chemistry

Total Synthesis of Lucidumone: Attempted Shortcuts, Dead Ends and Lessons Learnt

Guangho Huang
,
Amaury Laporte
,
Lucas Pagès
,
Cyrille Kouklovsky
,
This work was funded by the Université Paris-Saclay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), China Scholarship Council (PhD fellowship for G.H.) and LabEx CHARM3AT (postdoctoral fellowship for L.P.). The authors thank the funding organizations for support.


Abstract

Lucidumone is a meroterpenoid isolated from the mushroom Ganoderma lucidum, displaying selective COX-2 inhibitory activity. In this work, we detail our synthetic efforts which led to the first enantioselective synthesis of lucidumone in 13 steps (longest linear sequence). Beyond the key retro-[4+2]/intramolecular Diels–Alder cascade, we discuss the difficulties regarding fragment assembly, introduction of the methyl ketone moiety and choice of adequate protecting group.

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Publication History

Received: 21 August 2023

Accepted after revision: 02 November 2023

Article published online:
04 December 2023

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