Chemical Communications · 2010 · 40 citations · 26 references
Natural SciencesChemistryMedicinal ChemistryOrganic ChemistryHeterocyclic ChemistryOrganic SynthesisAldol CondensationAldol ReactionEnantioselective Synthesis
The first synthesis of cytotoxic (-)-taiwaniaquinone A and (-)-taiwaniaquinone F has been achieved through the intramolecular aldol condensation of a ketoaldehyde and the oxidative cleavage of an isopropylidene ketal.
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Synthesis of Taiwaniaquinoids via Nazarov Triflation
Guangxin Liang, Yue Xu, Ian B. Seiple et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2006 · 117 citations