A Concise Total Synthesis of the Purported Structure of Flossonol

Raphael F. Guignard (1)

1 DCSO - Laboratoire de synthèse organique

We report the first total synthesis of flossonol in only five steps and of one of its isomers in seven steps using a radical addition/cyclization sequence as the key step. Comparison of our spectroscopic data with those of the literature indicates a misassignment in the structure of flossonol.

Domains: Organic chemistry

Raphael F. Guignard. A Concise Total Synthesis of the Purported Structure of Flossonol. SYNLETT, 2013, 24 (2), pp.157-160. ⟨10.1055/s-0032-1317848⟩. ⟨hal-00949975⟩