The marine polyunsaturated natural product zooxanthellactone was synthesized in six steps and in 11% overall yield from eicosapentaenoic acid. The key synthetic steps were a Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction and a stereoselective semi-reduction. These efforts, together with NMR and optical rotation data, confirmed the reported structure of zooxanthellactone. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The marine polyunsaturated natural product zooxanthellactone was synthesized in six steps and in 11% overall yield from eicosapentaenoic acid. The key synthetic steps were a Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction and a stereoselective semi-reduction. These efforts, together with NMR and optical rotation data, confirmed the reported structure of zooxanthellactone. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.