title: Approach to the tricyclic core of the tigliane-daphnane diterpenes. Concerning the utility of transannular aldol additions.
abstract: Two transannular (TA) aldol reactions were used to assemble the tricyclic carbon skeleton found in the tigliane and daphnane classes of diterpene natural products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Arthur J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Catino
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sherlock
authors.forename: Peyton
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wzorek
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D004224:Diterpenes; C011309:mezerein