Total synthesis of (±)-kalihinol C

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ol049918b

The total synthesis of kalihinol C, a bis-isonitrile marine diterpenoid isolated from Acanthella sp., is reported. The decalin framework was established via an intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition and subsequently functionalized through a series of substrate-controlled diastereoselective transformations to install the tertiary isonitrile, β-hydroxy isonitrile, and pendant tetrahydrofuranyl ring.