The sesquiterpenoid microbial metabolite (+/-)-epicubenol (1) has been synthesized in 8 steps from a readily available diene aldehyde (7) using an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction.
The sesquiterpenoid microbial metabolite (+/-)-epicubenol (1) has been synthesized in 8 steps from a readily available diene aldehyde (7) using an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction.