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DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1380895
Synthesis of Diterpenoid Steenkrotin A
Publication History
Publication Date:
17 June 2015 (online)
Key words
steenkrotin A - terpenoids - O–H bond insertion - carbonyl-ene reaction - Ueno–Stork reaction - ketyl-olefin cyclization - aldol condensation
Significance
Ding and co-workers report the first total synthesis of (±)-steenkrotin A, a diterpenoid isolated from an African shrub. Structurally, this natural product is characterized by a pentacyclic skeleton, embedded with a sterically congested tetrahydrofuran moiety. The authors focused first on the construction of tricycle I, which set the stage for further elegant transformations to access the target.
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Comment
The tetrahydrofuran subunit was installed by a Rh-catalyzed O–H bond insertion and a carbonyl-ene reaction. A SmI2-mediated Ueno–Stork reaction and a ketyl-olefin cyclization were used to construct spirocycle L. Interestingly, (±)-steenkrotin A could be accomplished by a cascade aldol condensation–vinylogous retro-aldol–aldol reaction, followed by elimination.
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