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Synfacts 2005(1): 0093-0093  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872146
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Total Synthesis of (-)-Brasoside and (-)-Littoralisone

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski, Fiona Black
I. K. Mangion, D. W. C. MacMillan*
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
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21 September 2005 (online)

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Significance

Littoralisone (from the plant Verbena littoralis) enhances the neurotrophic properties of nerve growth factor (NGF). Brasoside is believed to be an intermediate in the biosynthesis of Littoralisone. This first total synthesis confirms the relative and absolute stereochemistries of the target molecules.