Progress toward the Synthesis of the
Basiliolides and Transtaganolides: An
Intramolecular Pyrone Diels−Alder Entry
into a Novel Class of Natural Products
posted on 2008-01-03, 00:00authored byHosea M. Nelson, Brian M. Stoltz
Efforts directed toward the synthesis of a basiliolide/transtaganolide model system are disclosed. A highly endo-selective intramolecular
pyrone Diels−Alder (IMPDA) cycloaddition rapidly constructs the tricyclic core of the basiliolides and transtaganolides.