Synlett 2018; 29(11): 1517-1519
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1592001
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

A Biomimetic Synthesis of des-Hydroxy Paecilospirone

Authors

  • Zhen-Gao Feng

    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA   Email: pettus@chem.ucsb.edu
  • G. Leslie Burnett

    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA   Email: pettus@chem.ucsb.edu
  • Thomas R. R. Pettus*

    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA   Email: pettus@chem.ucsb.edu

T.R.R.P. is grateful for past financial support from the National Science Foundation (CHE-0806356) for this work.
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Publication History

Received: 07 March 2018

Accepted: 02 April 2018

Publication Date:
09 May 2018 (online)


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Abstract

The carbon framework of des-hydroxy paecilospirone was rapidly synthesized using a biomimetic approach whereby an enol ether and an ortho-quinone methide (o-QM), each derived from the same lactone, were combined to arrive at the complete carbon skeleton of paecilospirone.

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