Synfacts 2025; 21(07): 665
DOI: 10.1055/a-2601-4755
Synthesis of Natural Products

Total Synthesis of (–)-Colombiasin A

Contributor(s):
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Sebastian Kölbl
Boezio AA, Jarvo ER, Lawrence BM, Jacobsen EN *. Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Efficient Total Syntheses of (–)-Colombiasin A and (−)-Elisapterosin B: Application of the Cr-Catalyzed Asymmetric Quinone Diels–Alder Reaction.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005;
44: 6046-6050
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502178
 

Significance

In 2005, Jacobsen and co-workers reported the total synthesis of (–)-colombiasin A. Their synthetic strategy hinges on the employment of three sequential Diels–Alder reactions.


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Comment

The intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction was performed by elimination of the alcohol in quinone N, forming the diene in situ. Reduction and demethylation of O yielded the natural product.


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Publication History

Article published online:
23 June 2025

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