Synlett 2007(17): 2647-2650  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-986667
LETTER
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Versatile Oxabicyclic Synthons: Studies on C8-Oxygenated Eunicellin Diterpenes

Phillip M. Pelphreyc, David B. Bolstada, Dennis L. Wright*a,b
a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3092, USA
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b Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3060, USA
c Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Received 10 April 2007
Publication Date:
12 September 2007 (online)

Abstract

In this letter, we describe the first approach to the synthesis of C8-oxygenated eunicellin diterpenes starting with a highly functionalized 8-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octadiene system. The route features two sequential annulations to append a six- and five-membered ring onto the core structure followed by oxidative cleavage to reveal the eunicellin skeleton. Key to this strategy is a diastereo­selective intramolecular Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi (NHK) closure to establish the correct relative stereochemical relationship at C6 and C8 of the natural product.