Enantioselective total synthesis of (−)-equisetin using a Me3Al-mediated intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction

✍ Scribed by Kumiko Yuki; Mitsuru Shindo; Kozo Shishido

• Book ID: 104230291
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 84 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)00217-9

✦ Synopsis

An efficient and enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-equisetin 1 has been accomplished using a diastereoselective Me 3 Al-mediated intramolecular Diels-Alder (IMDA) reaction as a key reaction step.