Total syntheses of shizukaols A and E

Shizukaols, bioactive dimers naturally occurring in the Chloranthaceae family, possess a complex polycyclic framework with more than ten contiguous stereocenters. Here the authors report the total syntheses of shizukaols A and E achieved via a modified Diels–Alder reaction mimicking the biosynthetic...

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Main Authors: Jian-Li Wu, Yin-Suo Lu, Bencan Tang, Xiao-Shui Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06245-7