Synlett 2020; 31(20): 1967-1975
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1707904
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Synthesis of Polycyclic Natural Products through Skeletal Rearrangement

This work was financially supported by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Numbers JP17H01523) and by the Platform Project for Supporting Drug Discovery and Life Science Research (Basis for Supporting Innovative Drug Discovery and Life Science Research; BINDS) from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) under Grant Number JP19am0101099.
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Publication History

Received: 21 May 2020

Accepted after revision: 03 June 2020

Publication Date:
23 July 2020 (online)


Abstract

Construction of rings through reliable reactions followed by changes in the ring size or the connectivity through skeletal rearrangement provides molecules with a wide range of skeletons. In this account, our syntheses of polycyclic natural products through skeletal rearrangement are discussed.

1 Introduction

2 Synthesis through Changes in the Ring Size

3 Synthesis by Biomimetic Strategies

4 Synthesis through Metathesis

5 Synthesis through Temporary Formation of a Ring

6 Conclusion

 
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