Total Synthesis of Marine Sesquiterpenoids Containing a Primnatriene Skeleton

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1997-764

The concise synthesis of a group of five indane-based sesquiterpenoids, isolated from a marine origin, is reported. Carvacrol methyl ether was chosen as the starting point for the syntheses, and the primnatriene skeleton was produced by electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions.