Concise and efficient total syntheses of (±)-sarcophytols A and B, two antitumor cembrane diterpenoids, by an intramolecular Mcmurry olefination strategy

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(98)02574-X

Efficient total syntheses of (±)-sarcophytol A and B, two antitumor cembrane diterpenoids isolated from marine soft corals, were presented by a low-valent titanium-mediated intramolecular McMurry olefination strategy starting from trans, trans-farnesol.