Studies directed toward the total synthesis of salvilenone

Model studies on the total synthesis of salvilenone, a phenalenone diterpene found in the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, are reported via a double annulation strategy. The key steps in the proposed synthesis involve a regiocontrolled benzannulation involving the photochemical Wolff rearrangement of an a-diazo ketone and an alkoxy acetylene moiety which assembles an aromatic ring in one step from acyclic precursors followed by an intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloaddition of a conjugated enyne and benzyne intermediate.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Chemistry.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Choi, HuiWon

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Rick L. Danheiser.

• Chemistry.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33656

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/33656