◆ Angew: Gold(I) as an Artificial Cyclase: Short Stereodivergent Syntheses of (−)-Epiglobulol and (−)-4β,7α- and (−)-4α,7α-Aromadendranediols

Javier Carreras, Madeleine Livendahl, Paul R. McGonigal, and Antonio M. Echavarren

Aromasynthesis: Aromadendrane sesquiterpenes (−)-epiglobulol, (−)-4α,7α-aromadendranediol, and (−)-4β,7α-aromadendranediol are synthesized in only seven steps from (E,E)-farnesol by a stereodivergent gold(I)-catalyzed cascade reaction.

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Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 4896; doi: 10.1002/anie.201402044