Enantiospecific total synthesis of (+)-2-pupukeanone

Abstract

The first total synthesis of chiral 2-pupukeanone (+)-4, starting from R-carvone (–)-7 employing a 5-exo-trig radical cyclisation as the key reaction for the construction of the tricyclic isotwistane carbon framework, is described.

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