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The tricyclic core of the plant-derived sesquiterpene natural product neoliacinic acid was synthesizedusin
g a novel synthetic strate
gy. The pivotal synthetic transformations are construction of the key bicyclicether-brid
ged intermediate by sequential deployment of metal carbenoid C-H insertion and ylide-formin
greactions and installation of the lactone portion of neoliacinic acid by an acid-catalyzed intramolecularrin
g-openin
g reaction of an epoxide with a carboxylic acid.