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Synfacts 2011(5): 0467-0467  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259790
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Syntheses of α-Cedrene, α-Pipitzol, and sec-Cedrenol

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, Catherine F. Carter
J. C. Green, T. R. R. Pettus*
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
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Publication Date:
15 April 2011 (online)

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Significance

α-Cedrene, α-pipitzol, and sec-­cedrenol are members of the cedranoid family of natural sesquiterpenes. The synthetic strategy is inspired by the biosynthesis, where the complex scaffold is assembled by a cascade reaction triggered by sesquiterpene cyclase.