Xiao-Wei Chen, Zi-Chao Hou, Chi Chen, Ling-Hui Zhang, Meng-En Chen and Fu-Min Zhang
Chem. Sci., 2023,14, 5699-5704
DOI:
10.1039/D3SC00582H,
Edge Article
The first enantioselective total syntheses of six natural and two proposed meroterpenoids isolated from Psoralea corylifolia have been achieved in 7–9 steps from 2-methylcyclohexanone. The current synthetic approaches feature a high level of synthetic flexibility, stereodivergent fashion and short synthetic route, thereby providing a potential platform for the preparation of numerous this-type meroterpenoids and their pseudo-natural products.