Scheme 1.

Top: Current routes to artemisinin. Bottom: One‐step ADS‐catalyzed synthesis of dihydroartemisinic aldehyde (DHAAl, 4) from 12‐hydroxyfarnesyl diphosphate (7).

Top: Current routes to artemisinin. Bottom: One‐step ADS‐catalyzed synthesis of dihydroartemisinic aldehyde (DHAAl, 4) from 12‐hydroxyfarnesyl diphosphate (7).