Total Synthesis of (+)-Balanitol and of (+)-Selin-4-(15)-ene-1β,11-diol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)87735-8

(+)-Balanitol (1) and (+)-selin-4-(15)-ene-1β,11-diol (2), two recently isolated naturally occurring eudesmanoid bicyclic sesquiterpene alcohols, have been synthesized stereoselectively by a route involving a <2+2> photocycloaddition of a cyclobutene and