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Total synthesis of (+/-)-terpestacin and (+/-)-11-epi-terpestacin
Gideon O Berger1, Marcus A Tius
1University of Hawaii, Chemistry Department, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
|July 17, 2007
Abstract:
The total synthesis of racemic terpestacin and 11-epi-terpestacin using the allene ether Nazarov reaction as the key step is described. All stereochemistry is derived from the stereogenic carbon atom that is formed during the Nazarov reaction.

