Total synthesis of alboatrin, a phytotoxic metabolite from Verticillium alboatrum
A synthesis of the phytotoxic metabolite alboatrin 1 is described. An intramolecular ketene-olefin cycloaddition followed by an oxidative ring enlargement was employed to generate the tricyclic ring system.
Biswas, Bidyut,Sarkar, Debayan,Venkateswaran, Ramanathapuram V.