Harry J. Shirley and Christopher D. Bray
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019,17, 6985-6988
DOI:
10.1039/C9OB00745H,
Communication
We report an investigation towards a unified total synthesis of the Korean sponge derived sesterterpenoids, phorones A (1) and B (2), via a biomimetic strategy. This work has established a new synthetic strategy to the parent ansellane sesterterpenoid skeleton with unanticipated diversion to a biogenetically related pathway.