Abstract
A small focussed library of basiliolides including basiliolide A1, basiliolide A2, basiliolide C, and their structural analogues have been prepared for structure–activity‐relationship studies. The synthesis features a cyclopropanation/ring‐opening strategy to establish the C‐8 stereogenic centre by using the cyclopropanation substrate with the appropriate alkene geometry; an IMDA (intramolecular Diels–Alder) reaction to construct the seco acid derivatives; and a biomimetic O‐acylation to form the unprecedented seven‐membered acyl ketene acetal ring. The des‐D‐ring analogues were prepared by an IMDA/decarboxylation strategy. Moreover, an asymmetric catalytic cyclopropanation reaction has been developed; this provided an optically enriched intermediate for asymmetric synthesis.
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