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A new total synthesis of (±)pisiferic acid†

2001

Start ing fro m 6-isopropyl-7-meth oxy-l-tetralo ne 2, a new sy nthesis of (±)-pi si feric ac id 1 has bee n ac hi eved. The sali en t features of the present sy nth esis are (i) fac il e conversion of 2 into th e cis-fused oc tahydro phenanthreno ne 5, (ii) e ffi c ient transfo rm ati o n of 5 into the tri ester 7, and (iii) co nversio n o f 7 into 1 involving Dieckmann cycli sation as a key reac ti o n.