title: Concise total syntheses of palominol, dolabellatrienone, beta-araneosene, and isoedunol via an enantioselective Diels-Alder macrobicyclization.
abstract: Concise total syntheses of four members of the dolabellane family of diterpenoid natural products are reported. Key features of the developed route include the first demonstration of an enantioselective, intramolecular Type I Diels-Alder macrobicyclization, the first example of a stereoselective pi-allyl Stille coupling reaction involving a farnesyl-derived intermediate, a powerful new reagent for the formation of dithianes with acid-sensitive molecules, and a unique and highly efficient ring-contraction sequence based on a modified Wolff photochemical rearrangement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Corey
mesh_terms: D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D003500:Cyclization; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001578:Benzopyrans; D004224:Diterpenes; C506742:beta-araneosene; C506741:isoedunol; C085159:palominol