title: A highly efficient synthesis of the hemibrevetoxin B ring system.
abstract: [reaction: see text] This Letter describes the synthesis of the hemibrevetoxin B tetracyclic ring system in 14 linear transformations from the Danishefsky-Kitahara diene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA. rainier@u.arizona.edu
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rainier
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Allwein
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008722:Methods
chemical_list: D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings; D008387:Marine Toxins; C409729:hemibrevetoxin B