The first total synthesis of sideroxylonal B

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00045-3

Sideroxylonal B (2c) has been synthesized through biomimetic cycloaddition of the o-quinone methide and the isopentenyl intermediates (5 and 6t), both of which were simultaneously derived from isopentenyl phloroglucinol precursor 4.