Total synthesis of (±)-4-deoxyverrucarol; A new route to trichothecanes via ring expansion of small ring compounds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00047-7

Total synthesis of 4-deoxyverrucarol (4), a trichothecane-type sesquiterpene was achieved via two types of ring expansion reaction, 1,2- rearrangement of 18 and palladium mediated ring expansion reaction of 20, as key steps providing a new route to tricho