Total synthesis of eudesmane terpenes: cyclase phase

A full account of synthetic efforts toward dihydrojunenol, one of the lowest oxidized members of the eudesmane family of natural products, is presented. The final synthetic sequence illustrates a nine-step, gram-scale, enantioselective route to this bicyclic terpene with excellent stereocontrol and in 21% overall yield.

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