Synlett 2020; 31(16): 1551-1554
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1707898
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Divergent Total Syntheses of Six Ganoderma Meroterpenoids: A Bioinspired Two-Phase Strategy

Fen Zhang
,
Yu-Ming Zhao
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and College of Food Engineering and Nutritional Science, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 West Chang’an Ave, Xi’an, 710119, P. R. of China   Email: ymzhao@snnu.edu.cn
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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (21672134, 21971157), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (GK201905013), and the 100 Talents Program of the Shaanxi Province (Y.-M. Z.).
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Publication History

Received: 28 May 2020

Accepted after revision: 02 June 2020

Publication Date:
20 July 2020 (online)


Abstract

We briefly highlight our recent work on the total synthesis of six Ganoderma phenolic meroterpenoids: ganocins A–C, ganocochlearins A–D, and cochlearol T. Critical to this success was a bioinspired two-phase strategy that featured an early-stage rapid construction of a common planar tricyclic intermediate and late-stage highly selective transformations of this intermediate into various Ganoderma meroterpenoids. Key steps of the synthesis include a biomimetic ortho-quinone methide intramolecular hetero-Diels–Alder reaction, a Stahl-type oxidative aromatization, a nucleophilic dearomatization of a phenol, a regioselective 1,4-reduction of a dienone, a site-selective Mukaiyama hydration, and an intramolecular oxa-Michael addition/triflation cascade.

 
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