The first stereoselective total synthesis of neosemburin and isoneosemburin†
Abstract
The Claisen rearrangement of sugar derived allyl vinyl ether, Wittig olefination and intramolecular acetalization reactions were used as key steps in the first stereoselective total synthesis of neosemburin and isoneosemburin through the formation of a 3-C-branched sugar precursor as a key intermediate.