Maki Seki, Toshihiro Sakamoto, Hiroshi Suemune and Ken Kanematsu
Total synthesis of (±)-furoscrobiculin B, a lactarane sesquiterpene isolated from basidiomycetes of mushrooms, has been achieved via an improved synthetic route of our previous work based on a Furan Ring Transfer (FRT) reaction and base-catalysed pinacol-type rearrangement.