title: Synthesis of (+)-puraquinonic acid.
abstract: (+)-Puraquinonic acid (1a) was synthesized, using a route based on ring-closing metathesis and radical cyclization, the chirality of the quaternary carbon being controlled by a temporary adjacent asymmetric center.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2.
authors.forename: Derrick L J
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Clive
authors.forename: Maolin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D003500:Cyclization; D005658:Fungi / Q000737:chemistry; D007192:Indenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007192:Indenes; C431681:puraquinonic acid