title: Total synthesis of epicoccin G.
abstract: An expedient enantioselective total synthesis of epicoccin G and related dithiodiketopiperazines through a strategy featuring direct two-directional sulfenylation, photooxygenation, and Kornblum-DeLaMare rearrangement is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. kcn@scripps.edu
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Nicolaou
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Totokotsopoulos
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giguère
authors.forename: Ya-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sarlah
mesh_terms: D015394:Molecular Structure; D010879:Piperazines / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D010879:Piperazines; C560810:epicoccin G