title: Total synthesis of diverse carbogenic complexity within the resveratrol class from a common building block.
abstract: Although biomimetic approaches have proven capable of converting resveratrol (1) concurrently into many of the more complex oligomers produced by plants throughout the world (such as 2-10), methods to access single members of the family have proven far more difficult to identify. Herein is described a strategy-level solution based on the use of a common building block, one distinct from Nature's starting material, that can participate in a variety of highly selective, reagent-controlled reaction cascades. These endeavors have led to the controlled synthesis of 25 natural products and analogues, molecules whose architectures encompass nearly all the carbogenic diversity of the resveratrol family.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, Havemeyer Hall, 3000 Broadway, New York, New York 10027, USA.
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Breazzano
authors.forename: Audrey G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Yunqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Alexandros L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Zografos
mesh_terms: D007189:Indans / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D010636:Phenols / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D000077185:Resveratrol; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D007189:Indans; D010636:Phenols; D013267:Stilbenes; D000077185:Resveratrol