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Total Synthesis of (+)-Frondosin A. Application of the Ru-Catalyzed [5+2] Cycloaddition

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posted on 2007-09-26, 00:00 authored by Barry M. Trost, Yimin Hu, Daniel B. Horne
The first total synthesis of (+)-frondosin A was accomplished in 19 longest linear and 21 total steps from commercially available materials. The key features of the synthesis include a Ru-catalyzed [5+2] cycloaddition, a Claisen rearrangement, and a ring expansion to construct the core of the frondosin A in a diastereoselective and regioselective fashion. This is the first application of a Ru-catalyzed [5+2] cycloaddition in the total synthesis of a natural product. Through this synthesis, the absolute configuration of (+)-frondosin A was established.

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