title: A short asymmetric route to the bromophycolide A and D skeleton.
abstract: An asymmetric synthesis of the bromophycolide D ring system has been achieved in seven steps from a known geranylgeranylated benzoate, via bromonium-promoted transannular cyclization of a macrocyclic intermediate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110, USA.
authors.forename: Hongkun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Susan S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Pochapsky
authors.forename: Isaac J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Krauss
mesh_terms: D003500:Cyclization; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D005367:Fiji; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D000461:Rhodophyta / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated; C512010:bromophycolide A; C557930:bromophycolide D