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Steven W M Crossley1, Guanghu Tong1, Michael J Lambrecht1, Hannah E Burdge1, Ryan A Shenvi1.
Abstract
We report a concise, stereocontrolled synthesis of the neurotoxic sesquiterpenoid (-)-picrotoxinin (1, PXN). The brevity of the route is due to regio- and stereoselective formation of the [4.3.0] bicyclic core by incorporation of a symmetrizing geminal dimethyl group at C5. Dimethylation then enables selective C-O bond formation in multiple intermediates. A series of strong bond (C-C and C-H) cleavages convert the C5 gem-dimethyl group to the C15 lactone of PXN.Entities:
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32573211 PMCID: PMC8011636 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05042
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419