Total synthesis of ( /-)-nicolaioidesin B via a highly regio- and diastereoselective Diels-Alder reaction

Adam J Pigott; Romain J Lepage; Jonathan M White; Mark J Coster

Journal article

Total synthesis of ( /-)-nicolaioidesin B via a highly regio- and diastereoselective Diels-Alder reaction

Adam J Pigott, Romain J Lepage, Jonathan M White, Mark J Coster

Tetrahedron Letters | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.10.097

University of Melbourne Researchers

Jonathan White Author Chemistry

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank the Australian Research Council for funding (DP0956795) and a fellowship to M.J.C. We gratefully acknowledge Drs Tanja Grkovic and Hoan Vu (Griffith University) for assistance with NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry, respectively. We thank International Flavors and Fragrances Inc. for the generous gift of ocimene that was used in this work.