L. Lomba, K. Afarinkia and V. Vinader
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019,17, 4456-4459
DOI:
10.1039/C9OB00630C,
Communication
Chemical manipulation of the cycloadduct of citraconic anhydride and cyclopentadiene enables a new synthetic route to tricyclane sesquiterpenoids. This methodology is applied to the first total synthesis of α-ekasantalic acid.