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Concise asymmetric total synthesis of obolactone.

The Journal of organic chemistry (2006-03-25)
Jiyong Zhang, Yang Li, Wenkuan Wang, Xuegong She, Xinfu Pan
ABSTRACT

The first efficient asymmetric synthesis of obolactone 1 has been accomplished in 11 steps and with a 15% overall yield in which Brown's enantioselective allylation reactions and ring-closing metathesis reaction are key steps.