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Ashutosh Panigrahi1, Kiran Kumar Pulukuri1
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517619, India.
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Herein, we report a streamlined four-step synthesis of (±)-nanolobatolide, a neuroprotective tetracyclic diterpenoid (5/5/5/7 system), from guaiazulene via dearomatization and precise site-selective functionalization. The sequence features a regioselective Diels-Alder reaction within a polyene framework, followed by selective epoxidation coupled with in situ lactonization. A late-stage, site-selective hydrogenation enabled by cooperative hydrogen atom transfer (cHAT) catalysis further highlights the importance of precise olefin functionalization in achieving structural complexity.
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