Chemistry Letters, Vol.36, No.2, 278-279, 2007
Total synthesis of (-)-12,13-epi-obtusenyne
The stereoselective total synthesis of (-)-12,13-epi-obtusenyne is described. The oxonene skeleton possessing cis-orientated alkyl substituents at the alpha,alpha'-positions to ether linkage was stereoselectively constructed via cyclization of the corresponding hydroxy epoxide promoted by Eu(fod)(3).