title: A new approach to asymmetric synthesis of infectocaryone.
abstract: A useful and flexible strategy for synthesis of (-)- and (+)-infectocaryone from commercial sugars is developed. The key step of the synthesis is a new-type Diels-Alder reaction with good chemoselectivity and stereoselectivity, in which a mixture of alkene regioisomers in a dynamic equilibrium is employed as chiral dienophiles for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China. chenxc@scu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiubing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lingling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Xiaojing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Junhao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Lizhen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jiangfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Xiaochuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D061565:Cycloaddition Reaction; D003512:Cyclohexanones / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D053138:Cyclohexenes / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003512:Cyclohexanones; D053138:Cyclohexenes; C553701:infectocaryone; C052568:cyclohexene