A concise enantioselective total synthesis of the neoclerodane diterpene (-)-salvinorin A is reported. The stereogenic center at C-12 was installed by catalytic asymmetric propargylation with excellent enantioselectivity, and the remaining six stereogenic centers were set up highly diastereoselectively under substrate control. As for our previous synthesis of racemic salvinorin A, two...
A concise total synthesis of the neoclerodane diterpene salvinorin A from 3-furaldehyde is reported using two highly diastereoselective intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions (IMDA) as the key transformations.