Wasim Ahmed, Prathama S. Mainkar, Srihari Pabbaraja and Srivari Chandrasekhar
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015,13, 2951-2957
DOI:
10.1039/C4OB02302A,
Paper
A total synthesis of terutroban is achieved using the Claisen rearrangement, Friedel–Crafts acylation and Heck coupling as key reactions, avoiding the classical Diels–Alder approach used before.