Enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-ophiobolin A
The enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-ophiobolin A is described. This total synthesis features the construction of the spiro CD ring of (+)-ophiobolin A through a stereoselective intramolecular Hosomi-Sakurai cyclization reaction, the joining of the
At long last: The enantioselective total synthesis of the title compound, which was isolated in 1958, proceeds by a convergent approach. The assembly of the C,D-ring fragment and the A-ring fragment of the core structure is achieved by employing a Reforma