Total Synthesis of Liangshanone

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2020.0

Abstract

The first total synthesis of liangshanone, a hexacyclicent-kaurane diterpenoid alkaloid, has been completed. Its intricate cagelike framework was assembled through several key transformations, including an oxidative dearomatization/Diels-Alder (OD/DA) cycloaddition sequence, a tandem alkene cleavage/Mannich cyclization, a Robinson-type annulation, and an intramolecular aldol reaction. Notably, an organocatalytic enantioselective alpha-hydroxymethylation process allowed the preparation of an enantiomerically enriched tricyclic intermediate that should enable asymmetric access to the target natural product.

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