Enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-xialenon A.

The first total synthesis of (-)-xialenon A (1) via conjugate allylation of a 1,5-cyclooctadiene-derived bicyclo[3.3.0]octenone 3 and an alpha'-hydroxylation on the more hinderd face of enone 9 using hypervalent iodine chemistry, is described.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hodgson, D, Galano, J, Christlieb, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002