title: Progress toward the total synthesis of bacchopetiolone: application of a tandem aromatic oxidation/Diels-Alder reaction.
abstract: A stereoselective synthesis of the bacchopetiolone (1) carbocyclic core using a tandem phenolic oxidation/Diels-Alder reaction is described. [reaction: see text].
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, USA.
authors.forename: Amélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bérubé
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Drutu
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C522746:bacchopetiolone