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We have accomplished the first total synthesis of (-)-incarviatone A

We have accomplished the first total synthesis of (-)-incarviatone A (1) in 14 steps starting from inexpensive phenylacetic acid. In the course of our synthetic studies, we have developed a scalable and sequential C-H functionalization process for the rapid assembly of the highly functionalized indane skeleton. More interestingly, we have also identified a striking biomimetic […]

We have accomplished the first total synthesis of (-)-incarviatone A (1) in 14 steps starting from inexpensive phenylacetic acid. In the course of our
synthetic studies, we have developed a scalable and sequential C-H functionalization process for the rapid assembly of the highly functionalized indane skeleton. More interestingly, we have also identified a striking biomimetic cascade reaction to furnish the desired natural product in one step.slide

C&E News highlighted our work by a news story entitled “Multi C–H Functionalizations”

http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/i38/Multi-CH-Functionalizations.html