Total synthesis of grayanane natural products

• Nicolas Fay,
• Rémi Blieck,
• Cyrille Kouklovsky and
• Aurélien de la Torre

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1707–1719, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.181

• Nicolas Fay Remi Blieck Cyrille Kouklovsky Aurelien de la Torre Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay (ICMMO), Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 15, rue Georges Clémenceau, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France 10.3762/bjoc.18.181 Abstract Grayananes are a broad family of diterpenoids found in

• of each strategy, as well as the challenges remaining to be tackled. Keywords: enantioselectivity; grayananes; oxidation; 1,2-shift; total synthesis; Introduction The Ericaceae are a large plant family, with over 4250 known species all around the world [1]. While Ericaceae’s toxicity has been known

• gastrointestinal disorders), and for crop protection [2]. Among natural products formed by Ericaceae, grayananes are a wide diterpenoid family whose biological activities are often representative of Ericaceae’s use in traditional medicine [3][4][5]. In particular, many grayananes were found to have analgesic [6