title: A facile domino metathetic route to a thapsigargin skeleton.
abstract: A facile synthesis of a 5,7,5-fused ring system that is present in thapsigargins belonging to a novel family of sesquiterpene lactones, guainanolides, using domino enyne-RCM is reported here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, 400 076, India. kpk@iitb.ac.in
authors.forename: Krishna P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Kaliappan
authors.forename: Rahul S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Nandurdikar
mesh_terms: D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D019284:Thapsigargin