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. 2017 Dec 12;8:2083. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02061-7

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Chemical synthesis of (+)-aureol (2), (–)-cyclosmenospongine (5), (–)-mamanuthaquinone (6), and (+)-5-epi-aureol (9). The 3-deoxy-5,6-dehydrodecalin unit 33 was accessed in three steps from the known coupling of 21 and 31. Installation of the C15–C16 carbon–carbon bond was accomplished by ortho-directed lithiation of 34 or 36 and nucleophilic addition to 33. AIBN azobisisobutyronitrile, NaHMDS sodium hexadimethylsilazide, TMEDA N,N,N,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine