Total Synthesis of (±)-Hibiscone C.
A total synthesis of (±)- hibiscone C, one member of the furanosteroid family of natural products that also includes viridin and wortmannin, is reported. Two new pathways for formation of the key diacyl furan subunit are described.
Furman University, Department of Chemistry, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, USA.
Sinziana
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Ungureanu
Furman University, Department of Chemistry, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, USA.
Maggie
M
Meadows
Furman University, Department of Chemistry, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, USA.
Joel
J
Smith
Furman University, Department of Chemistry, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, USA.
David B
DB
Duff
Furman University, Department of Chemistry, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, USA.
James M
JM
Burgess
Furman University, Department of Chemistry, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, South Carolina 29613, USA.
Brian C
BC
Goess
Furanosteroid; Hibiscone C; Oxidative aromatization; Total synthesis