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Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of (-)-Podophyllotoxin
Hajra, Saumen,Garai, Sujay,Hazra, Sunit
, p. 6530 - 6533 (2017)
The first catalytic enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-podophyllotoxin is accomplished by a challenging organocatalytic cross-aldol Heck cyclization and distal stereocontrolled transfer hydrogenation in five steps from three aldehydes. Reversal of se
The intramolecular carboxyarylation approach to podophyllotoxin
Reynolds, Aaron J.,Scott, Andrew J.,Turner, Craig I.,Sherburn, Michael S.
, p. 12108 - 12109 (2007/10/03)
Since 1960, only seven plant-derived anticancer drugs have received FDA approval for commercial production. Two are semisynthetic derivatives of podophyllotoxin. This paper describes concise, highly convergent, and conceptually novel approaches to (-)-pod
