Synthesis 2023; 55(11): 1662-1670
DOI: 10.1055/a-1878-7795
short review
Special Issue dedicated to Prof. Cristina Nevado, recipient of the 2021 Dr. Margaret Faul Women in Chemistry Award

Synthetic Strategies Towards the Meroterpenoids Cochlearols A and B from Ganoderma cochlear

Stephen A. Chamness
,
Emily F. Traficante
,
Trenton R. Vogel
,
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF CHE-1654223), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation (fellowships to C.S.S.).


Abstract

Since the first reports of their isolation, the meroterpenoids cochlearol A and B have attracted interest from the synthetic community for their unique structural features. This review describes the attempted and successful total syntheses of these natural products and provides a summary of the strategies developed in the years since their isolation.

1 Introduction

2 Overview of Cochlearol A Syntheses

3 Tong’s Approach Towards Cochlearol A

4 Liu and Qin’s Total Synthesis of (±)-Cochlearol A

5 Ishigami’s Formal Synthesis of (±)-Cochlearol A

6 Chandrasekhar’s Formal Synthesis of (±)-Cochlearol A

7 Sugita’s Synthesis of (±)-Cochlearol B

8 Schindler’s Synthesis of (+)-Cochlearol B

9 Conclusions



Publication History

Received: 18 May 2022

Accepted after revision: 20 June 2022

Accepted Manuscript online:
20 June 2022

Article published online:
09 March 2023

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