First enantioselective synthesis of methyl (+)-7-methoxyanodendroate, an antitubercular dihydrobenzofuran

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.10.095

An enantioselective synthesis of methyl (+)-7-methoxyanodendroate was achieved utilising a Claisen rearrangement, a Grubbs cross-metathesis, and a Shi epoxidation-cyclisation sequence, confirming the absolute configuration assigned to the natural product.