Abstract

We report the scalable synthesis of a common cyclopentanoid building block for 15-hydroxyjatropha-5,12- and -6(17),11-dienes in 11 steps. Key to the synthesis is an uncatalyzed intramolecular carbonyl ene (ICE) reaction of an e,ζ-unsaturated α-keto ester.

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