Total synthesis of (+/-)-elegansidiol, (+/-)-farnesiferol B, and (+/-)-farnesiferol D

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2010 Jun 15;20(12):3814-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.04.030.
Jhillu Singh Yadav  1 ,  Kamani Satyanarayana ,  Pamu Sreedhar ,  Pabbaraja Srihari ,  Thokhir Basha Shaik ,  Shasi Vardhan Kalivendi
Affiliations
  • 1. Organic Chemistry Division-I, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Hyderabad, India. [email protected]
PMID: 20529689 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.04.030
Abstract

The racemic total synthesis of elegansidiol, farnesiferol B, and farnesiferol D has been obtained following a Diels-Alder approach. Gillman addition, cross metathesis reaction are the Other key steps involved in the target synthesis.