Meng Z,
Fürstner A.
* Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Total Synthesis of (–)-Sinulariadiolide. A Transannular Approach.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019;
141: 805-809
Key words
(–)-sinulariadiolide - Eschenmoser–Tanabe fragmentation - ring-closing alkyne metathesis
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trans-hydrostannation - Michael addition
Significance
The tricyclic nor-cembranoid sinulariadiolide was first isolated in 1996 from soft corals found in Okinawa. Fürstner
and Meng report the total synthesis of (–)-sinulariadiolide via ring-closing alkyne
metathesis followed by an intriguing intramolecular reaction cascade.
Comment
Fragments E and H were accessed from geranic acid (A) and carvone (F). Ring-closing alkyne metathesis and hydrostannation–carbonylation of J gave N. The title compound was accessed by a sequence involving transannular Michael addition.
