A total synthesis of (±)-frondosins A and B

A total synthesis of the bioactive meroterpenoid natural products frondosin B and frondosin A (formal) from readily available cyclohexanone and gentisic aldehyde dimethyl ether, involving RCM as the key step to generate the bicyclic 6,7-fused core structure, is outlined.

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