文摘
The first enantioselective total synthesis of scopadulcic acid A is described. The key step is a cascadeintramolecular Heck reaction of a methylenecycloheptene iodide, which generates the B, C, and D rings of thescopadulan ring system in 90% yield as a single stereoisomer. A distinctive feature of these syntheses is theuse of stereoselective enolization to dictate which enantiomer of the natural product is produced.