Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.9, 898-899, 2001
Formal total synthesis of testudinariol A, a triterpene with C-2 symmetry
The alcohol corresponding to half of the molecule of testudinariol A, a triterpene with a symmetric C-2 structure isolated from Pleurobrancus testudinarius, was enantioselectively synthesized. The alcohol has been converted to testudinariol A by Mori et al.