Synlett 2013; 24(2): 157-160
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1317848
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A Concise Total Synthesis of the Purported Structure of Flossonol

Raphaël F. Guignard*
Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, CNRS UMR 7652, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France   Fax: +33(1)69335972   Email: guignard@dcso.polytechnique.fr
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Publication History

Received: 03 September 2012

Accepted after revision: 15 November 2012

Publication Date:
21 December 2012 (online)


Abstract

We report the first total synthesis of flossonol in only five steps and of one of its isomers in seven steps using a radical ­addition/cyclization sequence as the key step. Comparison of our spectroscopic data with those of the literature indicates a misassignment in the structure of flossonol.

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