title: Formal synthesis of platencin.
abstract: Formal synthesis of platencin was achieved by assembling its tricyclic core structure through a Robinson annulation reaction, whose precursor was made from a bicyclo[3.2.2] ring structure, product of a tropone Diels-Alder reaction.
authors.affiliation: The University of Chicago, Department of Chemistry, 5735 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Pingfan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000627:Aminophenols / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D003500:Cyclization; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000627:Aminophenols; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; C520340:platencin