Chemoenzymatic total synthesis of the sesquiterpene (–)-patchoulenone

Abstract

Monochiral cis-1,2-dihydrocatechol 2, obtained by microbial oxidation of toluene, has been converted, via intermediate 3, into the cyperene-type sesquiterpene 1.

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