Lardon N, Liffert R, Linden A, Gademann K. The Furan Shuffling Hypothesis: A Biogenetic Proposal for Eremophilane Sesquiterpenoids.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019;
58:7004-7007. [PMID:
30901154 DOI:
10.1002/anie.201901898]
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Abstract
Based on the structural similarities of the recently isolated eremophilane-type sesquiterpenoids microsphaeropsisin B and C and the iso-eremophilane periconianone C, a revised biogenetic hypothesis for C8-C11-connected iso-eremophilanes is presented and corroborated by strong experimental evidence. The first enantioselective total syntheses of microsphaeropsisin B and C were achieved starting from a known intermediate, whose synthesis was elaborated previously in the total synthesis of periconianone A, and in a total of 15 steps starting from γ-hydroxy carvone. Mild reaction conditions for the subsequent α-ketol rearrangement not only resulted in the herein proposed conversion of microsphaeropsisin B into periconianone C, but also in the conversion of microsphaeropsisin C into 4-epi-periconianone C.
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