Abstract
Ruthenium (IV) dioxide dihydrate in fluoro acid medium was found to be a very efficient agent for the oxidative coupling of non phenolic lignans and their derivatives, and this method was applied to the total synthesis of (+/-)-neoisostegane 2a and (+/-)-steganolide A 2b. This procedure was also used to obtain the first stereospecific synthesis of a cis-bisbenzocyclooctadiene lactone, the (+/-)-deoxyschizandrin 17, of which, was afforded by a short reduction sequence.
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