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A Synthetic Entry into the Ophiobolane Ring System
Rigby, James H.,Senanayake, Chrisantha
, p. 4634 - 4635 (1987)
A stereocontrolled construction of the angularly fused 5-8-5 ring system characteristic of the ophiobolin and ceroplastol sesterterpenes is reported.The synthesis is based on the elaboration of a cis-hydroazulene intermediate into the dicyclopenta cyclooctane system with control of relative stereochemistry at several critical centers.
