Synfacts 2007(2): 0118-0118  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-955765
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Polygalolides A and B

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski, Fiona Black
S. Nakamura, Y. Sugano, F. Kikuchi, S. Hashimoto*
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Publication History

Publication Date:
23 January 2007 (online)

Significance

Polygalolides A and B contain a complex trioxatetracyclic ring system with two contiguous quaternary stereocenters. These stereocenters are installed using a tandem carbene cyclization/1,3-dipolar cycloaddition sequence.