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Strategies for the total synthesis of the furanosteroids: Wortmannin and viridin

  • Dongsheng Xue
  • , Haibing He
  • , Shuanhu Gao*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • East China Normal University

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Abstract

Furanosteroids are polycyclic natural products isolated from fungus, which consist of wortmannin and viridin containing a [5,6,6,6]-tetracyclic skeleton in addition to a furan ring. They inhibit phosphoinositide 3-kinases, suggesting drug potential. This highlight review describes strategies that have been reported for building the tetracyclic ring skeleton and the all-carbon quaternary center in order to achieve total syntheses of wortmannin and viridin.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)497-502
Number of pages6
JournalChemistry Letters
Volume50
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2021

Keywords

  • Total synthesis
  • Viridin
  • Wortmannin

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