An Alternative Total Synthesis of (-)-Heliannuol E [1]

Abstract

An efficient, enantiocontrolled total synthesis of (-)-heliannuol E has been accomplished using a palladium-catalyzed cyclization of the six-membered oxygen containing heterocycle as the key reaction step.

sesquiterpene - allelopathic activity - asymmetric synthesis - palladium-catalyzed cyclization

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This work was presented at the 6th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and biotransformations, Olomouc, June 2003 (Abstract paper: P156).

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