title: Total synthesis of steroids and heterosteroids from BISTRO.
abstract: Due to their high profile biological activity, the steroids are among the most important secondary metabolites. A review of literature on the total synthesis of steroids starting from BISTRO (1,8-bis(trimethylsilyl)-2,6-octadiene) is presented.
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, CNRS, iSm2 UMR 7313, 13397 Marseille, France. Electronic address: malika.ibrahim@univ-amu.fr.
authors.forename: Malika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ibrahim-Ouali
mesh_terms: D013256:Steroids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids
keywords: BISTRO; Intramolecular Diels–Alder; Pyridine; o-Quinodimethane