title: An expedient asymmetric synthesis of platencin.
abstract: A short and efficient synthesis of enone 3, a key intermediate in the total synthesis of platencin (2), based on an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction is described.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Synthesis Laboratory@Biopolis, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), 11 Biopolis Way, The Helios Block, #03-08, Singapore 138667. kcn@scripps.edu
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Nicolaou
authors.forename: Qiao-Yan
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Toh
authors.forename: David Y-K
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000627:Aminophenols / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000627:Aminophenols; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; C520340:platencin