Enantioselective total synthesis of cytotoxic taiwaniaquinones A and F

Enrique Álvarez‐Manzaneda, Rachid Chahboun, Esteban Alvarez, Rubén Tapia, Ramón Álvarez-Manzaneda

Chemical Communications · 2010 · 40 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

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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