We disclose our synthetic studies on bilobalide, which features a Diels–Alder reaction
of a cyclic anhydride to form two contiguous quaternary carbon centers, desymmetrization
of a symmetric diol, and construction of a cyclic acetal under acidic conditions with
inversion of configuration at an allylic position.
Key words
desymmetrization - Diels–Alder reaction - Mukaiyama hydration - quaternary carbon
- tertiary alcohol